know

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English knowen, from Old English cnāwan (“to know, perceive, recognise”), from Proto-Germanic *knēaną (“to know”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Scots knaw (“to know, recognise”), Icelandic kná (“to know, know how to, be able”).

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know (third-person singular simple present knows, present participle knowing, simple past knew or knowed (dialect), past participle known, knowen (archaic), or knowed (dialect))

  1. (transitive) To be certain or sure about.
    I know that I’m right and you’re wrong.
    He knew something terrible was going to happen.
  2. (transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
    I know your mother, but I’ve never met your father.
  3. (transitive, also intransitive followed by about or, dialectally, from) To have knowledge of; to have memorised information, data, or facts about.
    He knows more about 19th century politics than one would expect.
    She knows where I live.
    Let me do it. I know how it works.
    You people don't know from funny.
  4. (transitive) To understand (a subject).
    She knows chemistry better than anybody else.
  5. (transitive) To be informed about.
    Do you know that Michelle and Jack are getting divorced? ― Yes, I know.
  6. (transitive) To experience.
    Their relationship knew ups and downs.
  7. (transitive, archaic, biblical) To have sexual relations with.

Usage notes [edit]

The dialect verb form is inflected in a non-standard way. In addition the different simple past and past, the form knows is used for both the singular and plural of all persons of the present tense: "I knows", "you knows", "he knows", "we knows", "you knows", and "they knows".

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Translations [edit]

be certain or sure about (something)
be acquainted or familiar with
have knowledge of
understand (a subject)
have sexual relations with
be informed about
experience
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Noun [edit]

know (plural knows)

  1. Knowledge.

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Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Celtic *knuwjā- (compare Welsh cnau (“nuts”), Old Breton cnou and Modern Breton kraoñ (“nuts”)).

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Noun [edit]

know pl (singulative knowen or knofen)

  1. nuts

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