well-known
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- adjective
- /ˌwɛlˈnoʊn/
- There are many well-known landmarks in Paris that attract tourists every year.
- a well-known example
- a well-known writer
- a well-known scholar
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- She was a very well known pro-choice activist.
- And there's there's also a a well known problem with expertise.
- Yes, yes, the well known cough prevention machine.
- Now, there are two very well known phases of pure carbon.
- I don't love being as well known as I've become.
- The science, it wasn't well known now, but now it's much better known.
- All this is well known, but bears repeating.
- Yeah, Cleansing Polish is a well known old school brand that's for body.
- The technology's extremely well known and established, but that's it.
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Paul Poiret is most well known for his Orient inspired works.
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The health consequences are well known to social workers and make our work more complex.
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Often they are well liked, well known and supported by many.
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But that ended up being one of my most well known successful movies.
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And I think that is well known to people right across Europe.
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There are two well known theories of this.
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Where people know me, I'm in fact very well known.
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One of these here is a very well known artist called Escher.
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There were a lot of well known people who didn't stay here.
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Recently, I was on a panel at a writing conference with some well-known writers who were also teachers.
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Synonyms
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Familiar to many people and easy to identify
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Many people know them for something good or important
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Well known because you have seen or experienced it before
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Easy to see or remember because it stands out
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Very famous and admired, like a hero from old stories
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Very well known and seen as a symbol of something
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Well known and respected for being very good
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In a way that makes a person or place known and important
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Well known and respected by many people
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Well known and admired for a particular skill or quality
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Known and officially accepted as important or respected
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Known for a long time and easy to recognize
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Known and admired by many people far away
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Etymology
Well-known comes from the parts well ('very' or 'thoroughly') and known (from 'to know'), so it describes a person or thing that many people know or recognize.