known

[ nohn ]

verb

1. past participle of know ¹.

noun

1. a known quantity.

known

/ nəʊn /

verb

1. See know
   the past participle of know

adjective

1. specified and identified

   a known criminal

noun

1. a fact or entity known

Word History and Origins

Origin of known¹

First recorded in 1300–50, for the adjective

Example Sentences

Asia Bibi, as she is known, was arrested and sentenced to death.

From The Daily Beast

The cartoonist, better known as Charb, was shot dead Wednesday.

From The Daily Beast

He hits bottom at Rocamadour, a sanctuary in the Dordogne known as a citadel of faith devoted to Mary.

From The Daily Beast

What is known is that Peña Nieto bungled his response to the crisis.

From The Daily Beast

This house on Parsioneros, after all, was only one of many such narco-tombs in Juarez, known as narcofosas.

From The Daily Beast

Mrs. Wurzel was quite right; they had been supplied, regardless of cost, from Messrs. Rochet and Stole's well-known establishment.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes in the case of large plants, cones have been known to occur on the tips of the branches of the Marsh Horsetail.

From Project Gutenberg

Her eldest daughter married in America, and was well known as a modeller in wax in New York.

From Project Gutenberg

The well-known "cock and bull" stories of small children are inspired by this love of strong effect.

From Project Gutenberg

But men we had known and trails we had followed furnished us plenty of grist for the conversational mill.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• accepted
• acknowledged
• admitted
• common
• established
• familiar
• noted
• notorious
• obvious
• recognized
• well-known