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Another word for know

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Verb

  1. To perceive directly with the intellect

      1. Perception; understanding:
      2. Range of vision.
      3. View; sight.
      1. To become aware of the nature and significance of; know or comprehend:
      2. To become aware of the intended meaning of (a person or remark, for example):
      3. To know and be tolerant or sympathetic toward:
      1. To take hold of or seize firmly with the hand, the foot, another body part, or an instrument:
      2. To hold with the arms; embrace.
      3. To take hold of intellectually; comprehend.
      1. A unit of length equal to 6 feet (1.83 meters), used principally in the measurement and specification of marine depths.
      2. To penetrate to the meaning or nature of; comprehend.
      3. To determine the depth of; sound.
      1. To take in the meaning, nature, or importance of; grasp.
      2. To have as part of something larger; encompass or include.
      1. A device used to determine geographic direction, usually consisting of a magnetic needle or needles horizontally mounted or suspended and free to pivot until aligned with the earth's magnetic field.
      2. Another device, such as a radio compass or a gyrocompass, used for determining geographic direction.
      3. A V-shaped device for describing circles or circular arcs and for taking measurements, consisting of a pair of rigid, end-hinged legs, one of which is equipped with a pen, pencil, or other marker and the other with a sharp point providing a pivot about which the drawing leg is turned.
      1. To take into custody; arrest:
      2. To grasp mentally; understand:
      3. To become conscious of, as through the emotions or senses; perceive:
    See also:

    knowledge

  2. To participate in or partake of personally

      1. To establish the truth or validity of (something) by the presentation of argument or evidence:
      2. To demonstrate the reality of (something):
      3. To show (oneself) to be what is specified or to have a certain characteristic:
      1. To experience or be subjected to:
      1. To distinguish the flavor of by taking into the mouth.
      2. To eat or drink a small quantity of.
      3. To partake of, especially for the first time; experience:
      1. To feel pain or distress; sustain injury or harm:
      2. To have a specified shortcoming or weakness:
      3. To sustain a loss, setback, or decline in effectiveness; become worse:
      1. To perceive with the eye:
      2. To detect by means analogous to use of the eye:
      3. To attend or view as a spectator:
      1. To come into the presence of by chance or arrangement:
      2. To come into the company of:
      3. To be introduced to; make the acquaintance of:
      1. To be in possession of:
      2. To possess as a characteristic, quality, or function:
      3. To possess or contain as a constituent part:
      1. (literally) To travel from one end of something to the other.
      2. To examine or scrutinize (a number or series of things), especially in a regular order.
      3. To enact or recite the entire length of (something).
      1. To perceive through the sense of touch:
      2. To perceive as a physical sensation:
      3. To touch:
      1. The apprehension of an object, thought, or emotion through the senses or mind:
      2. Active participation in events or activities, leading to the accumulation of knowledge or skill:
      3. The knowledge or skill so derived.
    Idioms:
    See also:

    participate

  3. To undergo an emotional reaction

      1. To distinguish the flavor of by taking into the mouth.
      2. To eat or drink a small quantity of.
      3. To partake of, especially for the first time; experience:
      1. A specific taste or smell:
      2. The quality of something that is perceived as taste or smell:
      3. A distinctive quality or characteristic:
      1. To be in possession of:
      2. To possess as a characteristic, quality, or function:
      3. To possess or contain as a constituent part:
      1. To perceive through the sense of touch:
      2. To perceive as a physical sensation:
      3. To touch:
      1. The apprehension of an object, thought, or emotion through the senses or mind:
      2. Active participation in events or activities, leading to the accumulation of knowledge or skill:
      3. The knowledge or skill so derived.
    See also:

    feelings

  4. To perceive to be identical with something held in the memory

      1. To know to be something that has been perceived before:
      2. To know or identify from past experience or knowledge:
      3. To perceive or show acceptance of the validity or reality of:
    See also:

    remember

    knowledge

  5. To recognize as being different

      1. To communicate by speech or writing; express with words:
      2. To give a detailed account of; narrate:
      3. To notify (someone) of something; inform:
      1. To set, force, or keep apart:
      2. To put space between; space apart or scatter:
      3. To form a border or barrier between (two areas or groups):
      1. To perceive as being different or distinct:
      2. To perceive distinctly; discern:
      3. To demonstrate or describe as being different or distinct:
      1. To make a clear distinction; distinguish:
      2. To make distinctions on the basis of class or category without regard to individual merit, especially to show prejudice on the basis of ethnicity, gender, or a similar social factor:
      3. To perceive or notice the distinguishing features of; recognize as distinct:
      1. To perceive with the eyes; detect or distinguish:
      2. To recognize or understand as being distinct or different:
      1. To constitute the distinction between:
      2. To perceive or show the difference in or between; discriminate.
      3. To make different by alteration or modification.
    See also:

    same

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for know

Verb

  1. To possess information

    Antonyms:

  2. To understand

    See also:

    understand

  3. To recognize

    See also:

    associate

Idioms:

    in-the-know

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Sentence Examples

  • I know you must be tired, so I will let you rest.

  • I know they don't like me.

  • He didn't know the car was coming.

  • Jim did not know, but he would not tell the Sawhorse that.

  • Do you know that profound thinker?

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