know

noun

1. Alternative form of knowe (“hill, knoll”).

   “Owing to increasing numbers and consequent want of room for nestage, the old birds drove away the younger ones, who took refuge in their present abode at Fox's Know, where they have been located about six years.”

particle

Etymology: Shortening of you know (sense 4)—Singapore English favours pro-drop constructions (Wee, 2003).

1. Used at the end of a sentence to draw attention to information one thinks the listener should keep in mind.

   “Make sure you water the plants, know…”

   “I was a naval diver know!”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English knowen, from Old English cnāwan (“to know, perceive, recognise”), from Proto-West Germanic *knāan, from Proto-Germanic *knēaną (“to know”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognates from Indo-European: Latin gnoscō, Latin cognoscō (Spanish conocer, French connaître, Romanian cunoaște, Italian conoscere, Portuguese conhecer), Ancient Greek γνωρίζω (gnōrízō, “to know”) and γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”), Albanian njoh (“to know, recognise”), Russian знать (znatʹ, “to know”), Lithuanian žinoti (“to know”), and Persian شناختن (šenâxtan, “to know”). from Proto-Germanic: Scots knaw (“to know, recognise”), Icelandic knega (“to know, know how to, be able”), Old High German knājan (“to know, recognise”), Old Norse kná (“to know how”). Remotely related also Dutch and German kennen, West Frisian kenne (see English ken).

1. To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.

   “Question things. I have the most fun when I'm writing questioning things that people do not question- the assumptions that everybody knows are true.”

   “'[…] I know whether a boy is telling me the truth or not.' 'Thank you, sir.' Did he hell. They never bloody did.”

2. To be or become aware or cognizant.

   “Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.”

   “Malware's sometimes been known to sit dormant for a long time.”

3. 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.”

4. To be acquainted (with another person).

   “You, and I haue knowne ſir.”

5. To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

   “I know your mother, but I've never met your father.”

   “Borja, do you know Pilar? - Sure, we've actually met before.”

6. To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

   “AFterwarde the man knewe Heuáh his wife, which cõceiued & bare Káin, & ſaid, I haue obteined a man by yͤ Lord.”

   “Now Gerald had never thought of her having a mother. Then there must have been a father, too, some time. And Miss Wilmarth existed because two people once had loved and known. It was not a thought to dwell upon.”

7. To experience.

   “Their relationship knew ups and downs.”

   “The Truman family knew good times and bad,[…].”

8. 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.”

9. 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”

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

    “At nearer view he thought he knew the dead, / And call'd the wretched man to mind.”

    “Ernest also is so much improved, that you would hardly know him:[…].”

11. To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.

    “It is vital that he not know.”

    “She knew of our plan.”

12. To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).

    “Do you know "Blueberry Hill"?”

13. To have indexed and have information about within one's database.

    “Mmm... Seems you searched for a name that we don't know, we'll send our trained monkeys to check what's in stock.”

14. To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.