to know
∞
1.0
- verb
- /noʊ/
:
saber
- What's the matter, Garlopis, don't you know how to open the door?
- know how to read
All right, Now that I know how that goes.
- All right, Now that I know how that goes.
- So I don't really know how to ask this.
- I want to know how to price my product.
- If you really were running short of food, you would know exactly what to do.
- And when it doesn't, you know how to shift that feeling.
- I mean, I'm a human, I know how to fight, right?
Examples
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If you really were running short of food, you would know exactly what to do.
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Shelley: Yes, as a school librarian, I know I can learn from the public library sector.
Academic text (2013) -
I want to know how to price my product.
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I need to know how to be straight.
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But before you can do that, you need to know how and where to get started.
Academic text (2011) -
To coordinate a program, schools first need to know what local and national resources exist.
Academic text (2013) -
I promise once you get to know her, she's really nice.
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As strong musicians ourselves, we music teachers know the importance of collaboration in a rehearsal.
Academic text (2011) -
For example, it would be helpful to know whether first-graders may benefit more than fifth-graders.
Academic text (2013) -
To successfully complete the project, you must know how to use the software.
Synonyms
16
4.2
To understand something well enough to deal with it
Idioms
- Informal
11
4.9
Understand what really happens in a situation, often when it is bad
- Informal
3
9.9
To have secret information about hidden bad things in a group
- Informal
Said when someone will not tell and the other person must find out
- Informal
To not recognize someone at all because you have never met them
- Informal
A person who says or writes something that sounds like a poem without knowing it
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
588
9.6
A person who answers 'I don't know' to a question in a poll or survey
- Formal
12
5.5
A rule that gives information only to people who need it for their work
- Offensive
9
7.7
A person who acts like they have all the answers and won't listen to others
- Offensive
A 1850s American political party that opposed immigrants and Catholics
How Skilled
191
4.1
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Know comes from an old word for 'have learned' or 'have in your mind', the same idea behind knowledge. That is why to 'know how' to do something means you have the skill or training to do it.