best-known
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1.9
- adjective
- /ˌbɛstˈnoʊn/
:
más conocido
- Project Head Start and Project Home Start are among the best-known of these programs.
- one of the best-known
- best-known example
- best-known book
Blake is a serial entrepreneur, perhaps best known as the founder of Tom Shoes.
- Blake is a serial entrepreneur, perhaps best known as the founder of Tom Shoes.
- And a test that he invented has become one of the best known ideas in AI.
- My first guest tonight is an actress best known for the blockbuster Twilight franchise.
- And that's really what I was best known for.
- No, Evans is probably the best known vintage Lamborghini shop in the entire country.
- So Ahmed Mansour is possibly possibly the best known of Emirati human rights defenders.
Examples
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Natural Right and History is without a doubt Leo Strauss's best known and most influential work.
Academic text (1999) -
Here, MIT is best known for the scientists and engineers who have studied there.
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And a test that he invented has become one of the best known ideas in AI.
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These are the paintings that Martin is the best known for nowadays.
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Name the South American city best known... ... for its annual Carnival celebrations.
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It's not one of his best-known novels.
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Of all the musical genres found in Mexico, probably the best known in the United States is mariachi.
Academic text (2008) -
No, Evans is probably the best known vintage Lamborghini shop in the entire country.
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Meanwhile, his escapades dramatized his talent, and he became the best-known American painter of his time.
Fiction book (1990) -
Richard Williams is perhaps the best-known sports dad in the country.
Synonyms
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1.0
Many people know them for something good or important
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3.9
Easy to see or remember because it stands out
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1.0
Familiar to many people and often talked about
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4.2
Very famous and admired, like a hero from old stories
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4.4
Very well known and seen as a symbol of something
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3.7
Worth attention because it is important or unusual
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3.5
Well known and respected by many people
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4.1
Well known and respected for being very good
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3.2
Famous and admired for important achievements or qualities
Known and admired by many people far away
Well known and admired for a particular skill or quality
Antonyms
How Famous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Best-known comes from the two simple words best ('most' or 'top') and known (from 'know', meaning 'familiar' or 'seen or heard of'). So best-known describes the person or thing that people know the most or that is the most famous.