English Dictionary

know

/nəʊ/

verb

(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that. / (transitive) To be aware of; to be cognizant of. / (transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

I know the answer to that question.

意味（1）

(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that.

‘I know whether a boy is telling me the truth or not.’

‘Thank you, sir.’

‘I know whether a boy is telling me the truth or not.’ ‘Thank you, sir.’ Did he hell. They never bloody did.

意味（2）

(transitive) To be aware of; to be cognizant of.

Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.

意味（3）

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

I know your mother, but I’ve never met your father.

意味（4）

(transitive) To experience.

Their relationship knew ups and downs.

意味（5）

(transitive) To be able to distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.

to know a person's face or figure

意味（6）

(transitive) To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.

At nearer view he thought he knew the dead, / And call'd the wretched man to mind.

意味（7）

To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.

Let me do it. I know how it works.

意味（8）

(transitive, archaic, biblical) To have sexual relations with. This meaning normally specified in modern English as e.g. to ’know someone in the biblical sense’ or to ‘know Biblically.’

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

意味（9）

(intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.

It is vital that he not know.

意味（10）

(intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.

Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.

意味（11）

(intransitive, obsolete) To be acquainted (with another person).

You and I have known, sir.

意味（12）

(transitive) To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).

Do you know Blueberry Hill?