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Definition of Known
1. Adjective. Apprehended with certainty. "A known criminal"
Similar to: Best-known, Better-known, Celebrated, Famed, Famous, Far-famed, Illustrious, Notable, Noted, Renowned, Identified, Legendary, Proverbial, Well-known
Antonyms: Unknown
Definition of Known
1. p. p. of Know.
Definition of Known
1. Adjective. Someone or something that many people know about, renowned, famous. ¹
2. Verb. (past participle of know) ¹
3. Noun. In algebra, a variable or constant whose value is already determined. ¹
4. Noun. Any fact or situation which is well-researched or familiar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Known
1. a mathematical quantity whose value is given [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Known
Literary usage of Known
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1909)
""So, too, you may say, that things which are known derive from the good not only
their quality of being known, but also their being and essence, ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... 850 But thrice as heavy ransom will thy sons Have yet to pay for thee a captive
here, Were this thy presence known to Atreus' Son Or known to other of ..."
3. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"But first, he enquires by what faculty we can know God at all, whence he enlarges
on the mysterious character of the memory, wherein God, being made known, ..."
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