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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 had me sit in the chair in front of the camera, and I didn’t know what was going to happen. I was given no direction,” An told the BBC.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Here are five things to know about Saronic:

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

"Our main question is: why wasn't a search initiated right after he got trapped? We want to know why there was such negligence."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

He has to be able to "read" the social behavior of his men, to know who are the reliable ones and who are the troublemakers.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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