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Etymology
ME., from OE. cn�wan. Cognate with Spanish conocer, French connaître, Latin cognoscere, Greek γν��ίζ� ('I know') and unicode|γνῶ�ι� ('knowledge'), German kennen, and Persian FAchar|ش�اخت� (šen�xtæn, 'to know').

Homophones
no
noh
now (in some dialects or accents, but not in standard English)

Verb
en-verb|knows|knowing|knew|known

1. intransitive To be certain or sure about.

#: I know that I�m right and you�re wrong.
#: He knew something terrible was going to happen.

1. transitive To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

#: I know your mother, but I�ve never met your father.

1. transitive To have knowledge of; to have memorised information, data, or facts about.

#: He knows more about 19th century politics than one would expect.
#: She knows where I live.
#: Let me do it. I know how it works.

1. transitive To understand (a subject).

#: She knows chemistry better than anybody else.

1. context|transitive|archaic|biblical To have sexual relations with.
2. intransitive To be informed about.

#: Do you know that Michelle and Jack are getting divorced? � Yes, I know.

1. transitive To be aware of (a person's) intentions.

#: I won�t lend you any money. You would never pay me back; I know you.

1. transitive To experience.

#: Their relationship knew ups and downs.

Verb
en-verb|knows|knowing|knowed|knowed

1. context|dialect To know

Usage notes
The dialect verb form is inflected in a non-standard way. In addition the different simple past and past, the form knows is used for both the singular and plural of all persons of the present tense: "I knows", "you knows", "he knows", "we knows", "you knows", and "they knows".

Derived terms
in the know
know-all
know-how
knowing
knowledge
known
know-nothing
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Related terms
get to know

Czech: t+|cs|v�d�t
Danish: t+|da|vide
Dutch: t+|nl|weten
Esperanto: t+|eo|scii|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|teadma
Finnish: t+|fi|tietää
French: t+|fr|savoir
German: t+|de|wissen
Greek: t+|el|ξέ��|sc=Grek (xéro)
Hebrew: ��עת (l'd�ʿ�t)
Hungarian: t+|hu|tud
Icelandic: t+|is|vita
Ido: savar
Italian: t+|it|sapere
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Japanese: 確信��|確信���� (��������, kakushinshiteiru)
Korean: �� (alda)
Kurdish: t+|ku|zanîn, t+|ku|زا���|sc=KUchar
Latin: t-|la|scire
Malayalam: �റിയ�� (aRiyuka)
Norwegian: t+|no|vite
Old English: t-|ang|witan|xs=Old English
Persian: t-|fa|دا�ست�|altدا��ست��|trd�nestæn|scFAchar|xsPersian
Polish: t+|pl|wiedzie�
Portuguese: t+|pt|saber
Russian: зна�� (znat�)
Slovak: vedieť
Slovene: t+|sl|vedeti
Spanish: t+|es|saber
Swedish: t+|sv|veta
Thai: THchar|รู� (rú)
Turkish: t+|tr|bilmek
Welsh: medru
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Czech: t-|cs|znát
Danish: t+|da|kende
Dutch: t+|nl|kennen
Esperanto: t-|eo|koni|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|tundma, t-|et|teadma
Finnish: t+|fi|tuntea
French: t+|fr|connaître
German: t+|de|kennen
Greek: t+|el|γν��ίζ�|sc=Grek (gnorízo)
Hebrew: ����ר (l'h�kir)
Hungarian: t+|hu|ismer
Icelandic: t+|is|þekkja
Ido: konocar
Italian: t+|it|conoscere
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Japanese: ��|����� (�����, shitteiru)
Korean: ...� �� ��� (...-wa chinhan saida)
Kurdish: t+|ku|nasîn, t+|ku|�اس��|sc=KUchar
Latin: t-|la|cognoscere
Malayalam: �റിയ�� (aRiyuka)
Norwegian: kjenne
Old English: t-|ang|witan|xsOld English, t-|ang|cunnan|xsOld English
Persian: FAchar|ش�اخت�|ش��اخت�� (šen�xtæn)
Polish: t+|pl|zna�
Portuguese: t+|pt|conhecer
Russian: зна�� (znat�)
Slovak: poznať
Slovene: t-|sl|znati
Spanish: t+|es|conocer
Swedish: t+|sv|känna
Thai: THchar|รู��ั� (rújàk)
Turkish: t+|tr|tanmak
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Czech: t+|cs|v�d�t
Danish: t+|da|kende
Estonian: oskama
Finnish: t+|fi|tietää
French: t+|fr|connaître
Greek: t+|el|γν��ίζ�|sc=Grek (gnorízo)
Hebrew: ��עת (l'd�ʿ�t)
Ido: konocar
Italian: t+|it|conoscere
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Japanese: -������ (-�������, no chishiki ga aru)
Kurdish: zanîn, KUchar|زا���
Latin: t-|la|cognoscere
Malayalam: �റിയ�� (aRiyuka)
Norwegian: t+|no|kunne
Old English: t-|ang|witan|xs=Old English
Portuguese: conhecer, saber
Russian: �ме�� (umét�) to have a skill, зна�� (znat�)
Swedish: t+|sv|kunna
Turkish: t+|tr|bilmek
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Czech: t-|cs|znát
Danish: forstå sig på, kende til
Finnish: t+|fi|ymmärtää
Hebrew: ��עת (l'd�ʿ�t), ����� (l'h�vin)
Italian: t+|it|comprendere, t+|it|capire
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Japanese: �解�� (�����, rikai suru), ��� (���, wakaru)
Kurdish: zanîn, KUchar|زا���
Malayalam: �റിയ�� (aRiyuka)
Norwegian: t-|no|forstå
Old English: t-|ang|witan|xs=Old English
Portuguese: saber, conhecer
Russian: зна�� (znat�)
Turkish: t+|tr|bilmek
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trans-top|have sexual relations with
Cebuano: kahibalo
French: t+|fr|parler
Hebrew: ��עת (l'd�ʿ�t)
Kurdish: zanîn
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Norwegian: kjenne
Old English: t-|ang|witan|xs=Old English
Russian: познава��/позна�� (poznavát/poznát�)
Turkish: t+|tr|bilmek
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Czech: t+|cs|v�d�t
Danish: t+|da|vide
Finnish: t+|fi|tietää
Hebrew: ��עת (l'd�ʿ�t)
Norwegian: t+|no|vite
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Old English: t-|ang|cunnan|xs=Old English
Portuguese: t+|pt|saber
Russian: зна�� (znat�)
Slovene: t+|sl|spoznati
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Danish: t+|da|kende
Finnish: t+|fi|tuntea
Hebrew: t-|he|�ק���|trl'qlot|scHebr
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Norwegian: t+|no|vite
Portuguese: conhecer
Russian: зна�� (znat�)
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|عر� unicode|(�árifa)
ttbc|Aromanian: cunoscu
ttbc|Bislama: save#Bislama|save
ttbc|Bulgarian: зна� (znája)
ttbc|Chinese: �� [to know something], ��, 认� [to know a person]
ttbc|Croatian: znati
ttbc|Frisian: witte, kenne
ttbc|Guarani: kuaa
ttbc|Indonesian: tahu, tahu|mengetahui, kenal
ttbc|Interlingua: saper, cognoscer, recognoscer
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ttbc|Italian: riconoscere
ttbc|Japanese: �� (��, shirú), ����� (�����, shitté-irú)
ttbc|Manchu: (ulhimbi)
ttbc|Rohingya: zano
ttbc|Romanian: �ti, cunoa�te
ttbc|Romany: zhanel
ttbc|Tagalog: malaman
ttbc|Telugu: త�ల�స���న�
ttbc|Tok Pisin: save#Tok Pisin|save
ttbc|Tupinambá: kuab
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References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

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Category:English irregular verbs
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