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unknown /ʌnˈnəʊn /adjective1Not known or familiar: exploration into unknown territory his whereabouts are unknown to his family...- But behind these familiar figures is an unknown Ganesha, whose origins lie deep in the subcontinent's prehistory.
- We fly and survey the familiar and yet unknown path below us and then we land and rest our eyes and minds and sun-seared souls.
- As Shawn and I were continuing our way to unknown territory, I spotted a familiar figure leaving some disco with a few other people.
Synonyms undisclosed, unrevealed, undivulged, untold, unspecified, secret, mysterious, dark, hidden, concealed; undetermined, undecided, unresolved, unfixed, unestablished, unsettled, unsure; pending, unascertained, undefined, indefinite, inconclusive, in the balance, in limbo, up in the air unexplored, uncharted, unmapped, untravelled, undiscovered, virgin; remote, exotic, outlandish unidentified, unnamed, nameless, anonymous, undesignated, incognito, mysterious rare innominate unfamiliar, unheard of, unprecedented, new, novel, strange, exotic obscure, unheard of, little known, unsung, minor, insignificant, unimportant, undistinguished, unrenowned, inconsequential, lowly, unhonoured, forgotten 1.1(Of a performer or artist) not well known or famous: unknown artists of the avant-garde...- They are usually painted by nonacademic artists and unknown painters.
- The collection includes the famous as well as the not so famous and unknown artists too.
- So whether the production is large-scale or small, performed in London or Chichester, with famous or unknown actors is irrelevant to its success.
noun1An unknown person or thing: she is a relative unknown...- More importantly for his reputation, the scientific world was bewildered that a relative unknown had out-thought and out-designed the world's finest minds.
- A decade ago, he was a relative unknown in a minority party.
- Indeed, with all the attention that has surrounded him of late, it's easy to forget that Fiennes was a relative unknown outside the West End five years ago.
1.1 ( the unknown) That which is unknown: our fear of the unknown...- Christopher stated that the attack on liberal humanism, and economic rationalism and globalisation, reflect a common factor, fear of change, fear of the unknown.
- ‘Certainly there is an element of racism in the situation in Sighthill, but the stronger factor is ignorance and myths and a fear of the unknown,’ he said.
- Secondly, by attending an ante-natal class, parents can be educated and prepared, omitting the fear of the unknown, especially for first time parents.
1.2 Mathematics An unknown quantity or variable: find the unknown in the following equations...- There is, however, work in progress concerning the numerical solution of linear equations with several unknowns using electrical circuits.
- He sets up the coefficients of the system of three linear equations in three unknowns as a table on a ‘counting board’.
- This leads to 5 linear equations in 5 unknowns and he refers the reader to an appendix containing Cramer's rule for their solution.
PhrasesDerivativesunknownness /ʌnˈnəʊnnɪs/ noun ...- Clearly, West Mexico's ‘unknownness’ rendered its grave goods malleable signifiers, and ironically, the ceramics' relative anonymity both led to and coexisted with regular appearances in twentieth-century visual culture.
- The externalisation of the world, the unknownness of the mind and the unknownness of the universe are the same.
- At the most it may be unknown, but that unknownness will disappear and it will be transformed into a known thing.
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