know

Từ điển Collocation

know verb

1 have information about sth

ADV. for certain, full well, perfectly well, very well I don't know for certain, but I think she lives in the next village. You know very well what I'm talking about! | honestly not I honestly don't know what they mean to do.

VERB + KNOW let sb Please let me know (= tell me) if there's anything I can do to help.

PREP. about He knows a lot about early music. | of I don't know of anyone who might be interested in the job.

PHRASES be widely known It is widely known that CFCs can damage the ozone layer. | know a lot, nothing, very little, etc.

2 realize

ADV. exactly, precisely I know exactly how you feel. | instinctively He knew instinctively where he would find her.

3 be familiar with sb/sth

ADV. well I don't know John very well. | hardly But I hardly know the woman!

VERB + KNOW get to She's very nice when you get to know her

PHRASES be known to sb This man is known to the police (= as a criminal). | be widely known 5 be known as have a particular name

ADV. colloquially, commonly, popularly | affectionately, familiarly | collectively parts of the body known collectively as the sensory system | variously The drug is variously known as crack or freebase. | locally | formerly Xinjiang was formerly known as eastern Turkestan.

PREP. to He was known as Bonzo to his friends.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people

    he is always in the know

    v.

  • be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; cognize, cognise

    I know that the President lied to the people

    I want to know who is winning the game!

    I know it's time

  • know how to do or perform something

    She knows how to knit

    Does your husband know how to cook?

  • be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt

    I know that I left the key on the table

    Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun

  • be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object

    She doesn't know this composer

    Do you know my sister?

    We know this movie

    I know him under a different name

    This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily

  • have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; experience, live

    I know the feeling!

    have you ever known hunger?

    I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict

    The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare

    I lived through two divorces

  • accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; acknowledge, recognize, recognise

    The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne

    We do not recognize your gods

  • have fixed in the mind

    I know Latin

    This student knows her irregular verbs

    Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?

  • have sexual intercourse with; roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk

    This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm

    Adam knew Eve

    Were you ever intimate with this man?

  • know the nature or character of

    we all knew her as a big show-off

  • be able to distinguish, recognize as being different

    The child knows right from wrong

  • perceive as familiar

    I know this voice!

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

knows|knew|knowing|known
syn.: be aware of be sure of comprehend perceive recognize understand