[
US
/ˈnoʊn/
]
[ UK /nˈəʊn/ ]
[ UK /nˈəʊn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
apprehended with certainty
a known quantity
a musician known throughout the world
the limits of the known world
a known criminal
How To Use known In A Sentence
- Some were members of Turkey's elite military class known as "pashas," a title of respect harking back to Ottoman military commanders Monday for allegedly planning to blow up mosques in order to trigger a military takeover and overthrow the WN.com - Photown News
- Spending on a perennial effort to expand gambling at race tracks, known as "racino," increased four-fold to about $620,000 in 2010. StarTribune.com rss feed
- The Temple to the Hebrew God YHVH, built by King David, was destroyed and much of the Jewish population (Jew comes from the word Judah, one of the 12 tribes) were deported to Babylon, known to Jews as the Babylonian captivity. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
- Copper is known to be taken into solution as copper sulphate at the surface, and to be redeposited as chalcocite where these sulphate solutions come in contact with chalcopyrite or pyrite below. The Economic Aspect of Geology
- The first hand-held phones, affectionately known as "bricks", were still big and bulky, only made voice calls, and cost more than $4000.
- The Yellow Wallpaper is the masterpiece of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a wellknown American feminist pioneer and writer.
- The final episode of this hard-hitting series delves into little-known horrors behind history. The Sun
- The good seaman is known in bad weather.
- Having savored victory, the ruffians moved on to attack the homes of well-known abolitionists in the neighborhood.
- President Nixon devalues the dollar, journeys to Peking and Moscow; the future remains unknown.