known
What is the Definition of known?
Verb:
- be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
- know how to do or perform something
- be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt
- be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object
- have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
- accept (someone)
- have fixed in the mind
- know the nature or character of
- be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
- perceive as familiar
Adjective:
- apprehended with certainty
How can I use known in a sentence?
He will be famous — a legend — I would not be surprised if today was known as Harry Potter day in the future — there will be books written about Harry — every child in our world will know his name!
If Harry had not known that the Dursleys had no sense of humor, he might have thought so; yet somehow, even though everything Hagrid had told him so far was unbelievable, Harry could not help trusting him.
Harry learned that there were seven hundred ways of committing a Quidditch foul and that all of them had happened during a World Cup match in 1473; that Seekers were usually the smallest and fastest players, and that most serious Quidditch accidents seemed to happen to them; that although people rarely died playing Quidditch, referees had been known to vanish and turn up months later in the Sahara Desert.
For your information, Potter, asphodel and wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful it is known as the Draught of Living Death.
Powerful wand, very powerful, and in the wrong hands well, if I would known what that wand was going out into the world to do.
Other meanings of known (synonyms, cognates).
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