English Online Dictionary. What means known? What does known mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English knowen, from Old English cnāwen (past participle).
Morphologically know + -n.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nəʊn/
- (General American) enPR: nōn, IPA(key): /noʊn/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈnɐʉn/, (some speakers) /ˈnɐʉ.wən/
- Rhymes: -əʊn
- Homophone: none
Adjective
known (comparative better known, superlative best known)
- Identified as a specific type; famous, renowned.
- Antonym: unknown
- Accepted, familiar, researched.
- Antonym: unknown
Alternative forms
- knowne (obsolete)
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Translations
Noun
known (plural knowns)
- Any fact or situation which is known or familiar.
- You have to tell the knowns from the unknowns.
- (algebra) A constant or variable the value of which is already determined.
Verb
known
- past participle of know