known1 verbknown2 adjective
knownknown1 /nəʊn $ noʊn/ verb 
Longman Language Activatorto have a particular name
· Hi! My name's Ted. I'm from Florida.· "Who's that man over there?" "His name is Lucio Mannonetti and he owns the company."
to have a particular name - use this about a person, thing, or place: · There's someone called Russell on the phone for you.· What's the new teacher called?· They are in favour of what is called "sustainable development".· It was scarcely big enough to be called a school - it was more like a garage.
someone who is named Paul, Jane etc has the name Paul, Jane etc: · Their new baby is named Caroline.· She went to the movies with some guy named Rudi.
if someone or something is known as a particular name, that is the name that people call them, although it is not their real name: · This area is known as Little Odessa because there are a lot of Russians living there.be known to somebody as something: · He was known to his friends as Rambo.be better known as something: · William Shatner is better known as Captain Kirk.
if a book, play, film, painting etc is entitled something, that is its name: · Her first published novel was entitled "Rivers of Passion".· Biko contributed a column to the student newspaper which was entitled "I Write What I Like".
to be called something, use this especially when you are giving another better-known name for something: · This kind of chilli powder sometimes goes by the name of cayenne pepper.· The mixture of fish, rice and eggs goes by the name of kedgeree in most restaurants.
to be called by a particular name - used especially in scientific or technical contexts: · This process, in which liquid metal is poured into moulds, is usually termed die-casting.
to make someone feel nervous not once, or not at any time: · "Have you ever been to Paris?" "No, never."· Ali had never seen snow before.· The view was spectacular - I'll never forget it.· He walks right past me and never even says "hello".never do/say etc something: · (=used to tell someone not to do something) Never go there alone at night.never have I/did he etc (=used for emphasis) formal: · Never in my whole life have I felt so angry.
not at any time: · I haven't ever had champagne before.· Don't ever do that again.· "I won't leave you," she said, "not ever."
spoken say this when you want to emphasize strongly that something has never happened or will never happen: · You must never ever tell anyone what you heard tonight.· I'll never, never stop loving you.
spoken informal say this when you think it is completely impossible that something could ever happen: · You won't get Kieran to agree - not in a million years!
say this when you are surprised or annoyed because someone never did something, although they often had the opportunity to do it: · After all the help I've given her, she's never said thank you - not once!· My father hasn't once come here to see us, even though he lives quite nearby.not once have I/did they etc (=used for emphasis) formal: · Not once did she think of giving up, despite all the problems involved.
if you say you never for a moment thought something, you are emphasizing that this idea never came into your mind: · I always knew that I would be famous one day. I never for a moment doubted it at all.· "Did you ever suspect that he was cheating on you?" "No, not for one moment."never for a moment have I/did they etc (=used for emphasis) formal: · Never for a moment did it enter my mind that something was wrong.
formal never in the past: at no time have I/did they etc: · At no time did anyone suggest that the drug was dangerous.· Despite what I'd been told about the local people's attitude to strangers, at no time did I encounter any rudeness.
you say that someone or something has never been known to do something when you mean that this has never happened before, so it is strange if it happens now: · We were very worried -- Peter had never been known to disappear from home before.· Killer whales have never been known to attack humans without the provocation of a bullet or harpoon.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
He’s perhaps best known for his role in ‘Midnight Cowboy’. Potter is better known for his TV work. Rain, snow, and hail are collectively known as precipitation. Bistro Roti is a deservedly popular restaurant. Kiribati, formerly known as the Gilbert Islands The plants are generally regarded as weeds. a generally accepted view an internationally famous sculptor This is one of the worst diseases known to man. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is popularly known as the Mormon Church. the phenomena variously known as ‘mass culture’, ‘popular culture’, or the ‘public arts’
· I’d really like to be a famous actor.
· The famous author Henry James lived here.
He’s perhaps best known for his role in ‘Midnight Cowboy’. Potter is better known for his TV work. Rain, snow, and hail are collectively known as precipitation.· At present is there is no known cure for this virus.
Bistro Roti is a deservedly popular restaurant.· Seven copies of the original book are still known to exist.
· It is a well-known fact that new cars lose a lot of their value in the first year.
· It is a little-known fact that the actor was born in London.
Kiribati, formerly known as the Gilbert Islands The plants are generally regarded as weeds. a generally accepted view an internationally famous sculptor· The Eiffel Tower is probably the most famous landmark in Paris.
(=not known about by many people) a little known corner of the world
a little known corner of the world This is one of the worst diseases known to man. (=used to say that something is strange because it has never happened before) Max had never been known to leave home without telling anyone.
Max had never been known to leave home without telling anyone.· We all hear the phrase "greenhouse gasses", but do you know what it really means?
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is popularly known as the Mormon Church. (=used when you do not understand someone’s behaviour)· For reasons best known to herself, she decided to sell the house.
the phenomena variously known as ‘mass culture’, ‘popular culture’, or the ‘public arts’PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the past participle of know1- As we will soon see, the inability to make oneself understood properly was at the root of the crisis in Vicos.
- But only one side was making itself heard.
- Hardly a practicable solution when she didn't even know if she could make herself understood.
- He makes himself known with a tiny, metallic clink-clink-clink from within the bushes.
- I yelled to make myself heard above the deafening roar of the wind and the sea.
- To leave was to admit defeat in this peculiar ritual of making myself known.
- Yet lay people had almost no way of making themselves heard in Rome.
- All those years I might have known her!
- Although I might have known you'd arrive just as drinks were being ordered!
- Dear little Papa, as I might have known!
- If you'd had a big fat bottom I might have guessed.
- It was nothing I might have guessed.
- Of course, I might have known that you'd have some clever way of dealing with everything, though.
- Ooh! I might have known it!
- Some years before, I might have guessed Bond's enigmatic presence in the scene.
- Global warming is otherwise known as the greenhouse effect.
- Area 17, for example, is otherwise known as the primary visual area.
- During that pilgrimage, they lived in tents and booths, otherwise known as sukkot.
- It is otherwise known as delegated legislation.
- It was a control on monetary hanky-panky, otherwise known as inflation.
- The best explanation for this is the so-called rebound effect, otherwise known as acute tolerance.
- After all, I am not so different from anyone else, if the truth be known.
- He could never, if the truth were told, stand against his wife.
- He looked lonely, if the truth were told.
- I bet they did it worse than us if the truth was known.
- I puzzle a lot, if the truth be known.
- I suppose if the truth was known, I was narked at being pushed around.
- Nearly thirteen and a half if the truth be known.
- You'd rather have a day out at York racecourse than at Headingley if truth were known, wouldn't you?
known1 verbknown2 adjective
knownknown2 ●●○ W3 adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a known drug dealer
- It was also in Edessa that the oldest known church was built, then destroyed in A.D. 201.
- Pat Young is one of the province's best known fashion mavericks.
- These are the truly intractable pains and they are called intractable because they respond to no known form of therapy.
- This work organised the known theory of permutation groups and its relationship with Galois Theory.
- Typically for the period the quantity of finished products is far greater than the known examples of production sites.
- What might be acceptable would be to sample known previous offenders.
Longman Language Activatora person or place that not many people know or know about
· The picture was painted in the 15th Century by an unknown Italian artist.· Until their first single, the Beatles were virtually unknown outside Hamburg and Liverpool.unknown to · The Internet has opened up a marketplace where sellers and buyers are virtually unknown to each other.
a little known artist, film etc is one that very few people know about: · A little-known separatist group claimed responsibility for the explosion.· Bernardo Vittone is little known outside his native Italy.
not at all well-known and usually not very important: · Picasso's first exhibition received only a short mention in an obscure Parisian newspaper.· The Silver Apples are one of those obscure bands that you might hear about, but never actually hear.
written a mysterious person that people know very little about, especially someone who seems dangerous: · Vogel, a high-ranking official in East Berlin, was one of the Cold War's most shadowy figures.
someone that very little is known about, especially in relation to their abilities, so that you do not know if they will be successful: · The team's new pitcher has never played pro baseball before and is something of an unknown quantity.
to let someone know something without telling them directly to let someone know something without telling them directly, for example by behaving in a particular way or by telling someone else who you know will then tell the person: · The Queen made her displeasure known by cancelling her visit.make your feelings/views/wishes known: · People without the right to vote were often able to make their feelings known through demonstrations or riots.make it known that: · The other boys in Steven's class took every opportunity to make it known that he was not accepted.
formal to make someone think that something is true, or that something will happen, but without actually saying this clearly: · A friend of your daughter's gave us to understand that you lived in Michigan.· Although I received no official indication, I was given to understand that I would be promoted within a year.
if someone lets you know something shocking, bad, or unkind, but not in so many words , they let you know that it is true without saying it directly: · "Did Sarah tell you she was leaving?" "Not in so many words, no."
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He’s perhaps best known for his role in ‘Midnight Cowboy’. Potter is better known for his TV work. Rain, snow, and hail are collectively known as precipitation. Bistro Roti is a deservedly popular restaurant. Kiribati, formerly known as the Gilbert Islands The plants are generally regarded as weeds. a generally accepted view an internationally famous sculptor This is one of the worst diseases known to man. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is popularly known as the Mormon Church. the phenomena variously known as ‘mass culture’, ‘popular culture’, or the ‘public arts’COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· I’d really like to be a famous actor.
· The famous author Henry James lived here.
He’s perhaps best known for his role in ‘Midnight Cowboy’. Potter is better known for his TV work. Rain, snow, and hail are collectively known as precipitation.· At present is there is no known cure for this virus.
Bistro Roti is a deservedly popular restaurant.· Seven copies of the original book are still known to exist.
· It is a well-known fact that new cars lose a lot of their value in the first year.
· It is a little-known fact that the actor was born in London.
Kiribati, formerly known as the Gilbert Islands The plants are generally regarded as weeds. a generally accepted view an internationally famous sculptor· The Eiffel Tower is probably the most famous landmark in Paris.
(=not known about by many people) a little known corner of the world
a little known corner of the world This is one of the worst diseases known to man. (=used to say that something is strange because it has never happened before) Max had never been known to leave home without telling anyone.
Max had never been known to leave home without telling anyone.· We all hear the phrase "greenhouse gasses", but do you know what it really means?
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is popularly known as the Mormon Church. (=used when you do not understand someone’s behaviour)· For reasons best known to herself, she decided to sell the house.
the phenomena variously known as ‘mass culture’, ‘popular culture’, or the ‘public arts’· Pecorino, Feta and Manchego are the best known of the remaining ewes' milk cheeses.· One of the best known is Richard Long.· The best known is County Pot.· Malaria: discovery by committee Perhaps the best known of all recent antimalarial drugs is chloroquine.· Pat Young is one of the province's best known fashion mavericks.· The best known of them was Dornford Yates, author of the now unreadable but once hugely read Berry and Co stories.· Bracken is probably the best known of the ferns.· The topic of sexism in language is probably the best known of all feminist linguistic concerns.
· His career shows many parallels with that of the better known Charles Turner Thackrah, but evidence of association is lacking.· In addition, prefixes are used to indicate that a particular rug was woven by a sub-group of a better known major group.
· Here are some of the most commonly known services.
· The 48-year-old professor, an internationally known languages expert and former vice-chancellor of Essex University, is due in court in October.· I am credited as the internationally known journalist and writer.· Several of the professors were internationally known figures who lectured to large audiences and engaged in public debates over controversial issues.
· But it is not so easy for the new or little known candidates.· Although they are little known and infrequently seen, they are enormously abundant.
· There are at least five well known approaches: 1 Tell and sell.· The opening was a well known variation of the Ruy Lopez.· Other even less well known players?· Sainsbury's were well known Wholesale Grocers with a head office at Trowbridge.· There followed the address of a well known gentlemen's club in Victoria.· Joseph Haydn, whom he revered above all other contemporaries; and a few others less well known today.· There are 1446 main shopping areas covering all well known centres down to the level of small local centres.· Despite this problem we found only the well known associations between endometriosis and age and parity.
NOUN· Patients were contacted at their last known address.· General Accident may cancel this policy by sending seven days notice by recorded delivery to your last known address.
· His little screen recapitulates the few known facts.· It is a well known fact that designers plant a line of bollards when they do not know what to do.· It is a generally known fact that here our bow is at a very high tension.· The proceedings taken under these Acts provide many of the known facts concerning enclosures and depopulation.· Much of this chapter is hypothesis, but hypothesis based on known facts.· It's a well known fact, however, that good design lasts for ever.· Any obscuring of the world as the known facts show it objectively to be betrays a weakness in me.· This is supposedly a well known fact in certain circles.I heard it from a segment of this circle.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► well-known/little-known/lesser-knownPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Bully fans are known for being somewhat obsessive.
- Many will never be known for many lived and died without a proper name.
- Miller is known for her whimsical paintings and sculpture, both emanating from her unique take on the Southwest desert.
- Mr Heseltine is known for his hard work and mental and physical stamina.
- Paul is known for his discovery of interleukin-4, a primary chemical regulator of the immune system.
- The first lady had specifically asked to speak at Glide, which is known for its social activism, church officials said.
- The inhabitants are known for being bourgeois, inward- looking, and conservative.
- The Pillow, in Massachusetts, was known for its family feeling and sometimes scrappy eclecticism.
- As we will soon see, the inability to make oneself understood properly was at the root of the crisis in Vicos.
- But only one side was making itself heard.
- Hardly a practicable solution when she didn't even know if she could make herself understood.
- He makes himself known with a tiny, metallic clink-clink-clink from within the bushes.
- I yelled to make myself heard above the deafening roar of the wind and the sea.
- To leave was to admit defeat in this peculiar ritual of making myself known.
- Yet lay people had almost no way of making themselves heard in Rome.
- All those years I might have known her!
- Although I might have known you'd arrive just as drinks were being ordered!
- Dear little Papa, as I might have known!
- If you'd had a big fat bottom I might have guessed.
- It was nothing I might have guessed.
- Of course, I might have known that you'd have some clever way of dealing with everything, though.
- Ooh! I might have known it!
- Some years before, I might have guessed Bond's enigmatic presence in the scene.
- Global warming is otherwise known as the greenhouse effect.
- Area 17, for example, is otherwise known as the primary visual area.
- During that pilgrimage, they lived in tents and booths, otherwise known as sukkot.
- It is otherwise known as delegated legislation.
- It was a control on monetary hanky-panky, otherwise known as inflation.
- The best explanation for this is the so-called rebound effect, otherwise known as acute tolerance.
- After all, I am not so different from anyone else, if the truth be known.
- He could never, if the truth were told, stand against his wife.
- He looked lonely, if the truth were told.
- I bet they did it worse than us if the truth was known.
- I puzzle a lot, if the truth be known.
- I suppose if the truth was known, I was narked at being pushed around.
- Nearly thirteen and a half if the truth be known.
- You'd rather have a day out at York racecourse than at Headingley if truth were known, wouldn't you?
WORD FAMILYadjectiveknowingknowledgeableknown ≠ unknownnounknowledgethe unknownadverbknowingly ≠ unknowinglyknowledgeablyverbknow
1[only before noun] used about something that people know about or have discovered: a study of all the known facts her last known address Apart from vaccines, there is no known way to protect against meningitis.2[only before noun] a known criminal, drug dealer etc is someone who people know to be regularly involved in criminal activities or to do other things that are disapproved of: He was found with several other known sex offenders. a known liar3be known for something to be famous or known about by a lot of people because of something: He’s known for his good looks. The region is known for its fine wines.4well-known/little-known/lesser-known used when saying how famous someone is: works by lesser-known French artists