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# known

«known» in Mova's school dictionary: **the form of know used after have or be: I have known her…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (known; past participle of know); adjective (known, well-known)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Known is the form of know used after have or be: I have known her for years. It is known. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#m1)

2) As an adjective, known means that people have it in their mind or have found it out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#m2)

3) Well-known means famous, known by many people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, a word of the question: the numbers that are known versus the one to find (the unknown); «use the known facts». In science, known facts versus questions not yet answered. In everyday life: a well-known song, a known danger. Phrases: «well-known», «known as», «unknown», «make known».

### examples

- The length is known, the width is not. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x1)
- Use the known numbers to find the total. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x2)
- It is known that each box has 6 eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x3)
- I have known my best friend since nursery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x4)
- The Sun is known as a star. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x5)
- It's a well-known story about three bears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x6)
- The number of fish in the sea is not known exactly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x7)
- This road is known for its traffic jams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x8)
- Little is known of his history. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/#x9)

### note

Known is never the simple past: «I knew», not «I known»; «I have known». The k is silent. Marks given facts. No operation. Trap: «unknown number» is the one to find.

### In the corpora

- [Giving to known charities, with a grown-up, is safer than giving to a viral plea from a stranger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/16-secrets-scams-telling/7/)
- [Jonathan, a giant tortoise on the island of St Helena, hatched around 1832 and is the oldest known living land animal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/31-turtles-and-tortoises/8/)
- [The bullet ant has one of the most painful insect stings known, and the pain can last for many hours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/157-the-amazon-forest-floor/8/)
- [Parts of the Congo River are more than two hundred metres deep, the deepest river known.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/160-the-congo-river/5/)
- [Lemurs live wild only on Madagascar and a few nearby islands; about a hundred kinds are known, and many are in danger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «known» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/known/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.