known

[nohn]

verb

1. past participle of know.

noun

1. a known quantity.

known

/ nəʊn /

verb

1. 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

Inside the body, linoleic acid is broken down into compounds known as oxylipins.

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One important group of RNA molecules, known as non-coding RNAs, regulates gene activity without making proteins.

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Tiffanie Barrière, award-winning bartender and educator known as “The Drinking Coach,” says these drinks never disappeared — they were just out of the spotlight.

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It is not known if Sultana will have a role in the selection process.

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It didn’t help that her husband—who’d known Hoxha when the two men were students together in Paris—was found guilty by a kangaroo court of plotting to overthrow the government.

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