Known

//nəʊn//

Definitions

1
Identified as a specific type; famous, renowned.
He was a known pickpocket.
Opposite
unknown
2
Accepted, familiar, researched.
At the time, Einstein's theory was unknown to most other scientists.
Opposite
unknown

1
Any fact or situation which is known or familiar.
You have to tell the knowns from the unknowns.
2
A constant or variable the value of which is already determined.

verb

Word Origin

From Middle English knowen, from Old English cnāwen (past participle). Morphologically know + -n.

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