know
the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
- he is always in the know
• Hypernyms:
knowing
1. be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information;
possess knowledge or information about (Freq. 585)
- I know that the President lied to the people
- I want to know who is winning the game!
- I know it's time
• Syn:
cognize, cognise
• Ant:
ignore
• Derivationally related forms:
cognisant (for: cognise), cognisance (for: cognise), cognitive (for: cognize), cognizant (for: cognize), cognizance (for: cognize), knowable, knower, knowing
• Hyponyms:
keep track, recognize, recognise, realize, realise,
agnize, agnise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Sam and Sue know
2. know how to do or perform something (Freq. 142)
- She knows how to knit
- Does your husband know how to cook?
• Hyponyms:
know the score, be with it, be on the ball, know what's going on, know what's what,
master, control, get the hang
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
3. be aware of the truth of something;
have a belief or faith in something;
regard as true beyond any doubt (Freq. 123)
- I know that I left the key on the table
- Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun
• Derivationally related forms:
knowable
• Hyponyms:
anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee
• Verb Group:
cognize, cognise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
4. be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object (Freq. 76)
- 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
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They know themselves
5. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations (Freq. 17)
- 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
• Syn:
experience, live
• Derivationally related forms:
experience (for: experience), knowable
• Hypernyms:
experience, see, go through
• Hyponyms:
taste, relive, live over
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- These men know the river
6. accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority (Freq. 10)
- The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne
- We do not recognize your gods
• Syn:
acknowledge, recognize, recognise
• Derivationally related forms:
acknowledgment (for: acknowledge)
• Hypernyms:
accept
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
7. have fixed in the mind (Freq. 1)
- I know Latin
- This student knows her irregular verbs
- Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?
• Derivationally related forms:
knowable
• Hyponyms:
have down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
8. have sexual intercourse with
- This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
- Adam knew Eve
- Were you ever intimate with this man?
• Syn:
sleep together, 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,
eff, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang,
get it on, bonk
• Derivationally related forms:
bed (for: bed), fucker (for: fuck), fucking (for: fuck), fuck (for: fuck), screw (for: screw), screwing (for: screw), love (for: love), lover (for: love)
• Usage Domain:
archaism (for: screw)
• Hypernyms:
copulate, mate, pair, couple
• Hyponyms:
take, have, fornicate
• Verb Group:
neck, make out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody (for: lie with)
- Somebody ----s somebody (for: hump)
- Somebody ----s somebody (for: fuck)
- Somebody ----s somebody (for: screw)
9. know the nature or character of
- we all knew her as a big show-off
• Hypernyms:
recognize, recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agnise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
10. be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
- The child knows right from wrong
• Derivationally related forms:
knowable
• Hypernyms:
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate,
severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
11. perceive as familiar
- I know this voice!
• Hypernyms:
remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up,
recollect, think
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
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