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know

[noh] / noʊ /




Usage

What are other ways to say know? To know something is to be aware of it as a fact or truth: He knows the basic facts of the subject. I know that he agrees with me. To comprehend is to know something thoroughly and to perceive its relationships to certain other ideas, facts, etc. To understand is to be fully aware not only of the meaning of something but also of its implications: I could comprehend all he said, but did not understand that he was joking.

Example Sentences

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He wants to know about every bit of money we have or expect to receive in the future.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

“If you know something — anything — we beg you to come forward and give us closure.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

"We don't know where that data is going, where it's located... who is looking at that information," said Valeria Alessandra Macalupu Chira from Queensland University of Technology.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

“We want people to know about what goes on in Mexico,” said Héctor Flores, co-founder of Light of Hope, whose volunteers uncovered a human skull in a Zapopan ravine last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

In the short run, Phineas will make a full recovery, or so it will seem to those who didn't know him before.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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