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| 1. | [ verb ] be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about | |
| Synonyms: | cognise cognize | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | ignore recognize awareness knowing | |
| 2. | [ verb ] know how to do or perform something | |
| Examples: | "She knows how to knit" "Does your husband know how to cook?" |
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| Related terms: | know_the_score master | |
| 3. | [ verb ] be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt | |
| Examples: | "I know that I left the key on the table" "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun" |
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| Related terms: | anticipate | |
| 4. | [ verb ] be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object | |
| Examples: | "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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| 5. | [ verb ] have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | |
| Synonyms: | experience live | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | experience relive taste experience | |
| 6. | [ verb ] discern | |
| Synonyms: | recognize acknowledge recognise | |
| Examples: | "His greed knew no limits" |
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| Related terms: | accept write_off attorn recognition | |
| 7. | [ verb ] have fixed in the mind | |
| Examples: | "I know Latin" "This student knows her irregular verbs" "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?" |
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| 8. | [ verb ] know the nature or character of | |
| Examples: | "we all knew her as a big show-off" |
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| Related terms: | recognize | |
| 9. | [ verb ] be able to distinguish. recognize as being different | |
| Examples: | "The child knows right from wrong" |
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| Related terms: | distinguish | |
| 10. | [ verb ] (sexuality) have sexual intercourse with | |
| Synonyms: | be_intimate make_love sleep_with have_intercourse get_laid make_out hump bed have_it_away have_it_off fuck screw jazz eff do_it lie_with have_sex have_a_go_at_it bang get_it_on bonk roll_in_the_hay love | |
| Examples: | "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm" "Adam knew Eve" (know is archaic) "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
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| Related terms: | copulate take fornicate archaism neck bed love fuck lover sexual_love | |
| 11. | [ verb ] perceive as familiar | |
| Examples: | "I know this voice!" |
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| Related terms: | remember | |
