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Know vs. Known — What's the Difference?

Know vs. Known — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Know and Known

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Know

Be aware of through observation, inquiry, or information
I know what I'm doing
Most people know that CFCs can damage the ozone layer

Known

Past participle of know

Know

Have developed a relationship with (someone) through meeting and spending time with them; be familiar or friendly with
He knew and respected Laura

Known

Recognized, familiar, or within the scope of knowledge
The known world
Plants little known to western science

Know

Have sexual intercourse with (someone).
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Known

Past participle of know.

Know

To perceive directly; grasp in the mind with clarity or certainty.

Known

Proved or generally recognized
The only known case.
A known authority.

Know

To regard as true beyond doubt
I know she won't fail.

Known

Something that is known
In this instance, the only known is our actual profit margin.

Know

To have a practical understanding of, as through experience; be skilled in
Knows how to cook.

Known

Identified as a specific type; famous, renowned.
He was a known pickpocket.

Know

To have fixed in the mind
Knows her Latin verbs.

Known

Accepted, familiar, researched.

Know

To have experience of
“a black stubble that had known no razor” (William Faulkner).

Known

Any fact or situation which is known or familiar.
You have to tell the knowns from the unknowns.

Know

To perceive as familiar; recognize
I know that face.

Known

(algebra) A constant or variable the value of which is already determined.

Know

To be acquainted with
He doesn't know his neighbors.

Known

Inflection of know

Know

To be able to distinguish; recognize as distinct
Knows right from wrong.

Known

Of Know.

Know

To discern the character or nature of
Knew him for a liar.

Known

Apprehended with certainty;
A known quantity
The limits of the known world
A musician known throughout the world
A known criminal

Know

(Archaic) To have sexual intercourse with.

Know

To possess knowledge, understanding, or information.

Know

To be cognizant or aware.

Know

(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that.
I know that I’m right and you’re wrong.
He knew something terrible was going to happen.

Know

(transitive) To be aware of; to be cognizant of.
Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.
She knows where I live.
I knew he was upset, but I didn't understand why.

Know

(transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
I know your mother, but I’ve never met your father.

Know

(transitive) To experience.
Their relationship knew ups and downs.

Know

(transitive) To be able to distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.}}
To know a person's face or figure
To know right from wrong
I wouldn't know one from the other.

Know

(transitive) To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.

Know

To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.
Let me do it. I know how it works.
She knows how to swim.
His mother tongue is Italian, but he also knows French and English.
She knows chemistry better than anybody else.
Know your enemy and know yourself.

Know

To have sexual relations with. This meaning normally specified in modern English as e.g. to ’know someone in the biblical sense’ or to ‘know biblically.’

Know

(intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
It is vital that he not know.
She knew of our plan.
He knows about 19th century politics.

Know

(intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.
Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.

Know

To be acquainted (with another person).

Know

(transitive) To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).
Do you know "Blueberry Hill"?

Know

(rare) Knowledge; the state of knowing.

Know

Knowledge; the state of knowing; now confined to the fixed phrase ‘in the know’

Know

Knee.

Know

To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.
O, that a man might knowThe end of this day's business ere it come!
There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it.
Know how sublime a thing it isTo suffer and be strong.

Know

To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.

Know

To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.
He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown.

Know

To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.
Ye shall know them by their fruits.
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him.
To knowFaithful friend from flattering foe.
At nearer view he thought he knew the dead.

Know

To have sexual intercourse with.
And Adam knew Eve his wife.
And I knew that thou hearest me always.
The monk he instantly knew to be the prior.
In other hands I have known money do good.

Know

To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; - often with of.
Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
The peasant folklore of Europe still knows of willows that bleed and weep and speak when hewn.

Know

To be assured; to feel confident.

Know

Be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about;
I know that the President lied to the people
I want to know who is winning the game!
I know it's time

Know

Know how to do or perform something;
She knows how to knit
Does your husband know how to cook?

Know

Be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt;
I know that I left the key on the table
Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun

Know

Be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object;
She doesn't know this composer
Do you know my sister?
We know this movie
I know him under a different name
This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily

Know

Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations;
I know the feeling!
Have you ever known hunger?
I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict
The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare
I lived through two divorces

Know

Accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority;
The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne
We do not recognize your gods

Know

Have fixed in the mind;
I know Latin
This student knows her irregular verbs
Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?

Know

Have sexual intercourse with;
This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
Adam knew Eve
Were you ever intimate with this man?

Know

Know the nature or character of;
We all knew her as a big show-off

Know

Be able to distinguish, recognize as being different;
The child knows right from wrong

Know

Perceive as familiar;
I know this voice!

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