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known

[ nohn ]

verb

  1. past participle of know 1.


known

/ əʊ /

verb

  1. the past participle of know
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adjective

  1. specified and identified

    a known criminal

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noun

  1. a fact or entity known
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of known1

First recorded in 1300–50, for the adjective
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Martinez comes from the southern town of Bahia Blanca, a place particularly known for its love for basketball.

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“That really requires acting,” Pointer told The Times, “because instead of having known him for 43 years, I have to pretend — and so does he — that we haven’t seen each other since we were 18.”

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It says it has conducted one of the largest known ornithology surveys in the world as part of the application process and that it disagrees strongly with the points put forward in the letter.

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Turkey has been rapidly growing its military presence in the Forbidden Zone in recent years, but until now the scale of this expansion was not publicly known.

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The incident happened on the eve of the Walpurgis spring festival, which brings large crowds onto the streets of Uppsala, which is located north of the capital Stockholm, and known for its university.

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