to know
∞
1.0
- verb
- /noʊ/
:
saber
- Well, how do you know if you are happy?
- want to know
- let me know
- need to know
And that's when I knew that I had him.
- And that's when I knew that I had him.
- It's like, I don't know, I had fun, though.
- And our life, the way we know it will end.
- It was just, I don't know, I liked it.
- He still wants to learn and know that's inspiring.
Examples
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Most candidates are quite anxious to know when they will hear back from a district.
Academic text (2015) -
She wanted to know what time the meeting would start.
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And what else would we like to know, right?
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You may think you know me, and you do.
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How was I expected to know who you were?
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Why not get involved and let us know what you would like to see changed?
Academic text (2013) -
You have to listen to the words carefully to know what they are arguing about.
Academic text (2015) -
Standards describe what students should know and be able to do in specific grades and subjects.
Academic text (2015) -
In the end, though, either you know how to play the piano or you don't.
Academic text (2017) -
Several borrowers expressed concern and felt stressed knowing they would eventually have to repay these loans.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To know the meaning of something
705
1.4
To be fully aware that something is true or happening
369
3.0
To become aware of something in your mind and understand it
20
3.7
To remember something from the past
1
9.6
To notice and understand something in your mind
Antonyms
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 Certain
Surface Forms
Etymology
Know comes from a very old root for 'have information in your mind', and the word knowledge shows this link. So when you 'know' where something is, you simply mean you have that information.