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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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And you know that make-or-break conversation you've been meaning to have about the state of your marriage - don't have that today.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

“He’s landing rockets on robot drone rafts in the ocean, and you’re saying he doesn’t know what he’s doing,” Ellison rebuffed critics at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

I didn’t know how to say one word in English.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Events like big-ticket games “are a great opportunity to highlight the importance of giving yourself rules for how you’ll make future decisions, even though you don’t know exactly what those decisions will be,” Hargrove said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

Different areas of the cortex let you recognize letters in a book or faces in a crowd, or know whether you are standing upright.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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