know
🇺🇸
/nəʊ/
🇬🇧
/nəʊ/
verb
A1
to have information in your mind from learning or experience
I know the answer because I studied.
A1
to understand or be aware of something
I know you are tired.
A1
to feel sure about something
I know it will be sunny tomorrow.
A1
to be familiar with a person or place
I know my neighbor well.
A1
to have learned a skill and be able to use it
I know how to swim.
B1
to be thought of as having certain qualities
She is known to be very kind.
B1
to give a name or title to someone or something
This plant is known as 'sunflower'.
B1
to be able to recognize someone or something
I know a good book when I see one.
R
to understand the difference between things
Children should know right from wrong.
R
to have seen, heard, or experienced something
He is known to arrive late.
R
to have personal experience of something
She knows what it is like to be hungry.
translation
to have information in your mind from learning or experience; to understand or be aware of something; to feel sure about something; to be familiar with a person or place; to have learned a skill and be able to use it; to be thought of as having certain qualities; to give a name or title to someone or something; to be able to recognize someone or something; to understand the difference between things; to have seen, heard, or experienced something; to have personal experience of something
Word Forms
3rd Present
knows
Past
knew
Perfect
known
Progressive
knowing