Word: know Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English knowen, from Old English cnāwan (“to know, perceive, recognise”), from Proto-West Germanic *knāan, from Proto-Germanic *knēaną (“to know”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). {{col|en|title=Cognates |from Proto-Germanic: Scots knaw (“to know, recognise”), Icelandic knega (“to know, know how to, be able”), Old High German knājan (“to know, recognise”), Old Norse kná (“to know how”). Remotely related also Dutch and German kennen, West Frisian kenne (see English ken). |from Indo-European: Latin gnoscō, Latin cognoscō (Spanish conocer, French connaître, Romanian cunoaște, Italian conoscere, Portuguese conhecer), Ancient Greek γνωρίζω (gnōrízō, “to know”) and γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”), Albanian njoh (“to know, recognise”), Russian знать (znatʹ, “to know”), Lithuanian žinoti (“to know”), Persian شناختن (šenâxtan, “to know”) and Hindi जानना (jānnā, “to know,understand”). Pronunciation: /nəʊ/, /no/, /nou/, /naː/, /noʊ/ 1. To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that. Labels: transitive Example: Question things. I have the most fun when I'm writing questioning things that people do not question- the assumptions that everybody knows are true. Example: '[…] I know whether a boy is telling me the truth or not.' 'Thank you, sir.' Did he hell. They never bloody did. 2. To be or become aware or cognizant. Labels: intransitive Example: Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew. Example: Malware's sometimes been known to sit dormant for a long time. 3. To be aware of; to be cognizant of. Labels: transitive Example: Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew. Example: She knows where I live. 4. To be acquainted (with another person). Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: You, and I haue knowne ſir. 5. To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered. Labels: transitive Example: I know your mother, but I've never met your father. Example: Borja, do you know Pilar? - Sure, we've actually met before. 6. To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered. Labels: archaic, euphemistic, transitive Example: AFterwarde the man knewe Heuáh his wife, which cõceiued & bare Káin, & ſaid, I haue obteined a man by yͤ Lord. Example: Now Gerald had never thought of her having a mother. Then there must have been a father, too, some time. And Miss Wilmarth existed because two people once had loved and known. It was not a thought to dwell upon. 7. To experience. Labels: transitive Example: Their relationship knew ups and downs. Example: The Truman family knew good times and bad,[…]. 8. To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study. Example: Let me do it. I know how it works. Example: She knows how to swim. 9. To be able to distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of. Labels: transitive Example: to know a person's face or figure Example: to know right from wrong 10. To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change. Labels: transitive Example: At nearer view he thought he knew the dead, / And call'd the wretched man to mind. Example: Ernest also is so much improved, that you would hardly know him:[…]. 11. To have knowledge; to have information, be informed. Labels: intransitive Example: It is vital that he not know. Example: She knew of our plan. 12. To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music). Labels: transitive Example: Do you know "Blueberry Hill"? 13. To have indexed and have information about within one's database. Labels: transitive Example: Mmm... Seems you searched for a name that we don't know, we'll send our trained monkeys to check what's in stock. 14. To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief. Labels: transitive