Lernwerd

unknown

//ʌn(ˈn)əʊn//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

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

Verb

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

Note for unknown

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Forms

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative
more unknown
Superlative
most unknown

Noun

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

Plural
unknowns

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Not known; unidentified; not well known.

    • I suspect that this large and complex military railway system, shrouded in official secrecy for most of its operational life, remains unknown to many people.

Noun

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

  1. 1.A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.

  2. 2.A person of no identity; a nonentity.

  3. 3.Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.

    • Had God walked close beside her into the unknown?
    • As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know There are known unknowns. That is to say We know there are some things We do not know.

Verb

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

  1. 1.past participle of unknow

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #2833

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

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Word family

Etymology

From Middle English *unknowen, *uniknowen, uniknowe

From Old English unġecnāwen (“unknown”), equivalent to un- + known.

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