know

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people

   They are always in the know.

2. 2
   verb

   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

3. 3
   verb

   be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object

   They do not know this composer despite having studied the period.

4. 4
   verb

   be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information

   possess knowledge or information about

5. 5
   verb

   to understand how to do or perform something

   I want to know how to knit.

6. 6
   verb

   have fixed in the mind

   I know Latin

7. 7
   verb

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

   I know the feeling!

8. 8
   verb

   perceive as familiar

   I know this voice!

Etymology

From Middle English knowen, from Old English cnāwan (“to know, perceive, recognise”), from Proto-West Germanic *knāan, from Proto-Germanic *knēaną (“to know”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognates from Indo-European: Latin gnoscō, Latin cognoscō (Spanish conocer, French connaître, Romanian cunoaște, Italian conoscere, Portuguese conhecer), Ancient Greek γνωρίζω (gnōrízō, “to know”) and γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”), Albanian njoh (“to know, recognise”), Russian знать (znatʹ, “to know”), Lithuanian žinoti (“to know”), and Persian شناختن (šenâxtan, “to know”). from Proto-Germani…