know

UK /nəʊ/ US /nəʊ/
verb 5noun 3particle 1

Definitions

verb

1

To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.

Question things. I have the most fun when I'm writing questioning things that people do not question- the assumptions that everybody knows are true.

'[…] I know whether a boy is telling me the truth or not.' 'Thank you, sir.' Did he hell. They never bloody did.

2

To be or become aware or cognizant.

Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.

Malware's sometimes been known to sit dormant for a long time.

3

To be aware of; to be cognizant of.

Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.

She knows where I live.

4

To be acquainted (with another person).

You, and I haue knowne ſir.

5

To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

I know your mother, but I've never met your father.

Borja, do you know Pilar? - Sure, we've actually met before.

noun

1

Knowledge; the state of knowing.

That on the view and know of theſe Contents, […] He ſhould the bearers put to […] death, […]

2

Knowledge; the state of knowing. (Now confined to the fixed phrase in the know.)

noun

1

Alternative form of knowe (“hill, knoll”).

Owing to increasing numbers and consequent want of room for nestage, the old birds drove away the younger ones, who took refuge in their present abode at Fox's Know, where they have been located about six years.

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