known
Identified as a specific type; famous, renowned.
Example
“He was a known pickpocket.”
Other meanings
Accepted, familiar, researched.
“At the time, Einstein's theory was unknown to most other scientists.”
Related words
- aforeknown
- beknown
- knownless
- knownness
- preknown
- underknown
- better known as
- last known good
- officially known as
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "cnāwen".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “known” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.