Dictionary
know
Meaning
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- To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
- To be or become aware or cognizant.
- To be aware of; to be cognizant of.
- (obsolete) To be acquainted (with another person).
- To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
- To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
- To experience.
- To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.
- To be able to distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.
- To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.
- To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
- To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).
- To have indexed and have information about within one's database.
- To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/nəʊ/
Cognate with German
kennen
Cognate with Western Frisian
kenne
Cognate with Latin
gnoscō
Cognate with Latin
cognoscō
Cognate with Spanish
conocer
Cognate with French
connaître
Cognate with Portuguese
conhecer
Cognate with Lithuanian
žinoti
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