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To know something means to have a piece of information or a certain understanding of something. If someone tells you their phone number and you remember it, you know.

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accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"

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be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She doesn''t know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"

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be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it''s time"

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be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun"

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know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"

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have fixed in the mind; "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?"

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have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two d

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perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!"

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be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The child knows right from wrong"

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know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big show-off"

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have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"


n.
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v. i.
To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.

v. i.
To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.

v. i.
To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.

v. i.
To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.

v. i.
To have sexual commerce with.

v. i.
To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of.

v. i.
To be assured; to feel confident.


Know

Know , n. Knee. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Know

Know , v. t. [imp. Knew ; p. p. Known ; p. pr. & vb. n. Knowing.] [OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cn'84wan; akin to OHG. chn'84an (in comp.), Icel. kn'84 to be able, Russ, znate to know, L. gnoscere, noscere, Gr. , Skr. jn; fr. the root of E. can, v. i., ken. (). See Ken, Can to be able, and cf. Acquaint, Cognition, Gnome, Ignore, Noble, Note.] 1. To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.
O, that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come!
There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it.
Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
2. To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information. 3. To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.
He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown.
4. To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.
Ye shall know them by their fruits.
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him.
To know Faithful friend from flattering foe.
At nearer view he thought he knew the dead.
5. To have sexual commerce with.
And Adam knew Eve his wife.
&hand; Know is often followed by an objective and an infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a dependent sentence, etc.
And I knew that thou hearest me always.
The monk he instantly knew to be the prior.
In other hands I have known money do good.
To know how, to understand the manner, way, or means; to have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. How is sometimes omitted. " If we fear to die, or know not to be patient." Jer. Taylor.

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Know, v. i. 1. To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of.
Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
The peasant folklore of Europe still knows of willows that bleed and weep and speak when hewn.
2. To be assured; to feel confident. To know of,to ask, to inquire. [Obs.] " Know of your youth, examine well your blood." Shak.

Knee.

To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.

To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of.

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Usage Examples

'Dallas' hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. Everyone in the world knows a JR.

'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.

"If you are interested enough in the climate crisis to read this post, you probably know that 2 degrees Centigrade of warming (or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) is the widely acknowledged threshold for ""dangerous"" climate change."

'I Know You Care' is about my dad. And I haven't seen him for a long, long time. And my parents divorced when I was really young. And I guess I just wanted a - it was my way of saying that I wasn't bitter or angry anymore. I was just sad and just felt like something was missing.

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

'I Know You Care' is really personal and fragile for me. For me, it's about losing a family member and also about a breakup. It's about this idea of losing someone for good.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed.

A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.

A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.

A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped.

'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.

A great power has to have the discipline not only to go when necessary but to know when not to go. Getting involved in ethnic, religious civil wars is a recipe for disaster.

A lot of guys and people in our society think that chicks just love dudes with money. Chicks love dudes who are successful who happen to have money - do you know what I mean? Chicks are attracted to dudes that are doing their own thing.

A good teacher must know the rules a good pupil, the exceptions.

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