known

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative

better known

Superlative

best known

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

knowns

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Identified as a specific type; famous, renowned.

   • Being not knowne, some great persons in the pew I pretended to, and went in, did question my coming in.
   • He was a known pickpocket.

2. 2.Accepted, familiar, researched.

   • At the time, Einstein's theory was unknown to most other scientists.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A constant or variable the value of which is already determined.

2. 2.Any fact or situation which is known or familiar.

   • You have to tell the knowns from the unknowns.
   • The biological dereplication tool may identify major knowns in a mixture, but it may miss novel minor components.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.past participle of know

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