known
8 ENTRIES FOUND:
Britannica Dictionary definition of KNOWN
1
always used before a noun
a
:
generally accepted as something specified
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He's a known expert.
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That's a known fact!
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a known criminal
b
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included in the knowledge that all people considered as one group have
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There is no known cure for the disease. [=there is no cure that anyone knows about, although a cure may exist that has not yet been discovered]
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the earliest known use of a word [=the earliest use that anyone knows about]
2
:
familiar to people
— used with little, widely, etc.
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see also well-known
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a widely known story [=a story that many people know]
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a little-known writer [=a writer that few people know about]
