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If you know someone, you are familiar with them because you have met them and talked to them before. Gifford was a friend. I'd known him for nine years Do you two know each other?

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If you say that you know of something, you mean that you have heard about it but you do not necessarily have a lot of information about it. We know of the incident but have no further details I know of no one who would want to murder Albert

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{i} state of knowing, knowledge

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If you know a fact, a piece of information, or an answer, you have it correctly in your mind. I don't know the name of the place `People like doing things for nothing.' --- `I know they do.' I don't know what happened to her husband `How did he meet your mother?' --- `I don't know.' We all know about his early experiments in flying They looked younger than I knew them to be It is not known whether the bomb was originally intended for the capital itself It's always been known that key figures in the government do very well for themselves

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{f} have knowledge of; be acquainted with; understand; distinguish; be aware of

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{v} to understand, distinguish, perceive, find out

before I knew it

before I realized what was happening, suddenly

but you knew that

although you were already aware of that

if we only knew

I wish we knew

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You can use I don't know to indicate that you do not completely agree with something or do not really think that it is true. `He should quite simply resign.' --- `I don't know about that.'

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To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty

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emphasis You use you know to emphasize or to draw attention to what you are saying. The conditions in there are awful, you know You know, it does worry me

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vagueness You say `Not that I know of' when someone has asked you whether or not something is true and you think the answer is `no' but you cannot be sure because you do not know all the facts. `Is he married?' --- `Not that I know of.'

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You say `I know' to show that you agree with what has just been said. `This country is so awful.' --- `I know, I know.'

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be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time"

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of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization

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You can say `I don't know about you' to indicate that you are going to give your own opinion about something and you want to find out if someone else feels the same. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm hungry

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To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure

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have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "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"

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You can use expressions such as you know what I mean and if you know what I mean to suggest that the person listening to you understands what you are trying to say, and so you do not have to explain any more. None of us stayed long. I mean, the atmosphere wasn't -- well, you know what I mean

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to acknowledge

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To have sexual commerce with

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If you get to know someone, you find out what they are like by spending time with them. The new neighbours were getting to know each other

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be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The child knows right from wrong"

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perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!"

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accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"

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To be assured; to feel confident

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If you know something or someone, you recognize them when you see them or hear them. Would she know you if she saw you on the street?

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vi [to be informed about something] tahu 2 vi [to have met someone] mengenal (kenal)

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disapproval You can use expressions such as What does she know? and What do they know? when you think that someone has no right to comment on a situation because they do not understand it. Don't listen to him, what does he know?

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To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; often with of

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To be certain or sure about

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If someone or something is known as a particular name, they are called by that name. The disease is more commonly known as Mad Cow Disease He was born as John Birks Gillespie, but everyone knew him as Dizzy He was the only boy in the school who was known by his Christian name and not his surname. British Nuclear Fuels, otherwise known as BNFL

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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"

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emphasis People sometimes use expressions such as I'm blessed if I know or damned if I know to emphasize the fact that they do not know something. `What was that all about?' --- `Darned if I know.'

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If you know about a subject, you have studied it or taken an interest in it, and understand part or all of it. Hire someone with experience, someone who knows about real estate She didn't know anything about music but she liked to sing

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To recall or locate specific bits of information

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You say `I know' to show that you accept that something is true, but think that it is not very important or relevant. `There are trains straight from Cambridge.' --- `I know, but it's no quicker.'

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vagueness You say `You never know' or `One never knows' to indicate that it is not definite or certain what will happen in the future, and to suggest that there is some hope that things will turn out well. You never know, I might get lucky

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know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"

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know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big show-off

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To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information

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If you are in the know about something, especially something that is not known about or understood by many people, you have information about it. It was gratifying to be in the know about important people

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G1097 ginosko, ghin-oce'-ko; a prol form of a prim verb; to "know" (absol ), in a great variety of applications and with many impl (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed): --allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) known (-ledge), perceive, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand

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If you talk about a thing or system as we know it, you are referring to the form in which it exists now and which is familiar to most people. He planned to end the welfare system as we know it

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To experience

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conocer; saber; I know , Lo se ; I don't know , No (lo) se

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know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big show-off"

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

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If you know a language, you have learned it and can understand it. It helps to know French and Creole if you want to understand some of the lyrics

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You can say that someone knows that something is happening when they become aware of it. Then I saw a gun under the hall table so I knew that something was wrong The first I knew about it was when I woke up in the ambulance

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to know best: see best to know better: see better to know no bounds: see bound to know something for a fact: see fact as far as I know: see far not to know the first thing about something: see first to know full well: see full to let someone know: see let not to know the meaning of the word: see meaning to know your own mind: see mind to know the ropes: see rope. in the know having more information about something than most people

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You use you know when you are trying to explain more clearly what you mean, by referring to something that the person you are talking to knows about. Wear the white dress, you know, the one with all the black embroidery

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to have control of the facts, details and terms; the elements of understanding; the lower levels of Bloom's taxonomy (knowledge, comprehension)

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recognize, be familiar with, understand, as in: A good designer for a business Web site must know marketing as well as Hypertext Markup Language

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People use expressions such as goodness knows, Heaven knows, and God knows when they do not know something and want to suggest that nobody could possibly know it. `Who's he?' --- `God knows.'

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have fixed in the mind; "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?"

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To know

I am glad to know you. - I'm glad to know you.

You are old enough to know better. - You're old enough to know better.

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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"

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If you know something such as a place, a work of art, or an idea, you have visited it, seen it, read it, or heard about it, and so you are familiar with it. No matter how well you know Paris, it is easy to get lost

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If you know someone or something as a person or thing that has particular qualities, you consider that they have those qualities. Lots of people know her as a very kind woman see also knowing, known

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have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

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You use `I know' to express sympathy and understanding towards someone. I know what you're going through

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If you know how to do something, you have the necessary skills and knowledge to do it. The health authorities now know how to deal with the disease We know what to do to make it work

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To be aware of (a persons) intentions

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To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc

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emphasis You can say `You don't know' in order to emphasize how strongly you feel about the remark you are going to make. You don't know how good it is to speak to somebody from home

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disapproval You use I don't know in expressions which indicate criticism of someone's behaviour. For example, if you say that you do not know how someone can do something, you mean that you cannot understand or accept them doing it. I don't know how he could do this to his own daughter

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