know

Noun
  1. The fact of being aware of information that is known to few people (synset 105813020)
    "he is always in the know"
    is a type of: knowing - a clear and certain mental apprehension
Verb
  1. Be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information;
    Possess knowledge or information about (synset 200596016)
    "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time"
    subtypes:
    same as: cognise, cognize
    verb group: know - be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt
  2. Know how to do or perform something (synset 200597330)
    "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"
    subtypes:
  3. Be aware of the truth of something;
    Have a belief or faith in something;
    Regard as true beyond any doubt (synset 200597025)
    "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun"
    subtypes: anticipate, foreknow, foresee, previse - realize beforehand
    verb group: cognise, cognize, know - be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
  4. Be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object (synset 200595732)
    "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"
    verb group: know - perceive as familiar
  5. Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations (synset 200598039)
    "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"
    is a type of: experience, go through, see - undergo or live through a difficult experience
    subtypes:
    same as: experience, live
  6. Accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority (synset 200594278)
    "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"
    is a type of: accept - consider or hold as true
    same as: acknowledge, recognise, recognize
  7. Have fixed in the mind (synset 200597527)
    "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?"
    subtypes: have down - have (something) mastered
  8. Have sexual intercourse with (synset 201429048)
    "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
    is a type of: copulate, couple, mate, pair - engage in sexual intercourse
    subtypes:
    same as: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with
    verb group: make out, neck - kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
  9. Know the nature or character of (synset 200610224)
    "we all knew her as a big show-off"
    is a type of: agnise, agnize, realise, realize, recognise, recognize - be fully aware or cognizant of
  10. Be able to distinguish, recognize as being different (synset 200610056)
    "The child knows right from wrong"
    is a type of: differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart - mark as different
  11. Perceive as familiar (synset 200609926)
    "I know this voice!"
    is a type of: call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think - recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
    verb group: know - be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object

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