Word

know, v.
(knew, knowing, known, knows)
freq. cnt. 954

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 585 freq. cnt.: 585

cognise cognize know

sample sentences

"I know that the President lied to the people"
"I want to know who is winning the game!"
"I know it's time"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sam and Sue %s

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

knowable knowing knower

antonym

ignore

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cognizant cognitive cognizance

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cognisant cognisance

semantic pointers

verb group

know

hyponym

keep track realize, recognize, recognise, realise, agnize, agnise

know how to do or perform something
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 142 freq. cnt.: 142

know

sample sentences

"She knows how to knit"
"Does your husband know how to cook?"

verb frames

Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

semantic pointers

hyponym

know the score, be with it, be on the ball, know what's going on, know what's what master, control master, get the hang

be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 123 freq. cnt.: 123

know

sample sentences

"I know that I left the key on the table"
"Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

knowable

semantic pointers

verb group

know, cognize, cognise

hyponym

foresee, anticipate, foreknow, previse

be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 76 freq. cnt.: 76

know

sample sentences

"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 frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
They %s themselves

semantic pointers

verb group

know

have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 1

experience know live

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
These men %s the river

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

knowable

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

experience

semantic pointers

hypernym

experience, go through, see

hyponym

taste relive, live over

accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 43 freq. cnt.: 33 freq. cnt.: 10

acknowledge know recognise recognize

sample sentences

"The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"
"We do not recognize your gods"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

acknowledgment acknowledgment

semantic pointers

hypernym

have fixed in the mind
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

know

sample sentences

"I know Latin"
"This student knows her irregular verbs"
"Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

knowable

semantic pointers

hyponym

have down

perceive as familiar
<verb.cognition>

know

sample sentences

"I know this voice!"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

semantic pointers

verb group

know

hypernym

remember, recall, think, recollect, call back, call up, retrieve

be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
<verb.cognition>

know

sample sentences

"The child knows right from wrong"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

knowable

semantic pointers

hypernym

distinguish, separate, differentiate, tell, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell apart

know the nature or character of
<verb.cognition>

know

sample sentences

"we all knew her as a big show-off"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

semantic pointers

hypernym

realize, recognize, recognise, realise, agnize, agnise

have sexual intercourse with
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

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 know lie with love make love make out roll in the hay screw sleep together sleep with

sample sentences

"This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"
"Adam knew Eve"
"Were you ever intimate with this man?"