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Know definition

Know is a verb meaning "be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about." It has 11 meanings, as a verb and a noun, listed below with example sentences.

Part of speech
verb, noun
Syllables
1
Letters
4
How common
Everyday word

Know as a verb

  1. be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

    "I know that the President lied to the people"

    Same sense: cognize, cognise

  2. know how to do or perform something

    "She knows how to knit"

  3. be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object

    "She doesn't know this composer"

  4. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations

    "I know the feeling!"

    Same sense: live, experience

  5. accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept their power and authority

    Same sense: recognize, acknowledge, recognise

  6. have fixed in the mind

    "I know Latin"

  7. have sexual intercourse with

    Same sense: do it, get it on, make out, have it off, love, make love, have it away, fuck

  8. know the nature or character of

  9. be able to distinguish, recognize as being different

    "The child knows right from wrong"

  10. perceive as familiar

    "I know this voice!"

Know as a noun

  1. the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people

    "he is always in the know"

Synonyms and antonyms

All synonyms of know, sense by sense

How to say know

Know has 1 syllable and rhymes with so. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with know

All 238 words that rhyme with know

KNOW in word games

Scrabble
11
Words With Friends
12
Anagrams
1

Is KNOW a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check KNOW in the word checker, or unscramble KNOW to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.

Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.