English Online Dictionary. What means unknown? What does unknown mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English *unknowen, *uniknowen, uniknowe, from Old English unġecnāwen (“unknown”), equivalent to un- + known.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ʌnˈnəʊn/
- (US) enPR: ŭn-nōnʹ, IPA(key): /ʌnˈnoʊn/
- Rhymes: -əʊn
Adjective
unknown (comparative more unknown, superlative most unknown)
- (sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.
- Synonyms: anonymous, unfamiliar, uncharted, undiscovered, unexplored, unidentified, unnamed, unrecognized, unrevealed, unascertained, obscure, unsung
- Antonyms: well-known, famous, known
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Noun
unknown (plural unknowns)
- (algebra) A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
- Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.
- A person of no identity; a nonentity.
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Verb
unknown
- past participle of unknow