know
verb (used with object)
to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty.
have been knowing
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present perfect progressiveof know.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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I have been knowing him for 20 years.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2010
Judith was tremendously surprised, although she should not have been, knowing her brother's customary acquiescence in whatever she dictated.
From Thirty by Howard Vincent O'Brien
But I must go—all this has only made sure what I have been knowing this long time that I ought to do.
From Fortitude by Sir Hugh Walpole
I have been knowing for some time that Dan Norton, Jr., was a cad, and I have had a good many scores to settle with him.
From The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series by Margaret Vandercook
I have been knowing Mr. Chisholm for a great many years.
From Twenty-Five Years in the Black Belt by William James Edwards
