know definition

1. the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
• examples: he is always in the know
2. be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
• examples: I know that the President lied to the people
• examples: I want to know who is winning the game!
• examples: I know it's time
3. know how to do or perform something
• examples: She knows how to knit
• examples: Does your husband know how to cook?
4. be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt
• examples: I know that I left the key on the table
• examples: Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun
5. be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object
• examples: She doesn't know this composer
• examples: Do you know my sister?
• examples: We know this movie
• examples: I know him under a different name
• examples: This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily
6. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
• examples: I know the feeling!
• examples: have you ever known hunger?
• examples: I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict
• examples: The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare
• examples: I lived through two divorces
7. have fixed in the mind
• examples: I know Latin
• examples: This student knows her irregular verbs
• examples: Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?
8. know the nature or character of
• examples: we all knew her as a big show-off
9. be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
• examples: The child knows right from wrong
10. perceive as familiar
• examples: I know this voice!