know

know
verb
1 have information about sth
ADVERB
▪ full well, perfectly well, very well
▪

I don't know for certain, but I think she lives in the next town.

▪

You know very well what I'm talking about!

▪ for certain, for sure
▪

I don't know for certain, but I think she lives in the next town.

▪ just
▪

I just knew there would be problems.

▪ honestly not
▪

I honestly don't know what they mean to do.

▪ beforehand
▪

If I'd known beforehand how bad it would be, I wouldn't have gone.

VERB + KNOW
▪ let sb
▪

Please let me know (= tell me) if there's anything I can do to help.

PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪

He knows a lot about music.

▪ of
▪

I don't know of anyone who might be interested in the job.

PHRASES
▪ be widely known
▪

It is widely known that CFCs can damage the ozone layer.

▪ know a lot, nothing, very little, etc.
▪ you never know
▪

Be prepared for rain—you never know what the weather will be like.

2 realize
ADVERB
▪ exactly, precisely
▪

I know exactly how you feel.

▪ immediately, instantly
▪

I instantly knew what the call was about.

▪ instinctively
▪

He knew instinctively where he would find her.

PHRASES
▪ the next thing I, he, etc. knew
▪

The next thing I knew, I was waking up in hospital.

3 be familiar with sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ well
▪

I don't know John very well.

▪ poorly
▪

The properties of this substance are poorly known.

▪ barely, hardly
▪

But I hardly know the woman!

▪ personally
▪

I don't know them personally.

▪ internationally, nationally
VERB + KNOW
▪ get to
▪

She's very nice when you get to know her

PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪

He is internationally known for his work with vaccines.

PHRASES
▪ be known to sb
▪

This man is known to the police (= as a criminal).

▪ be widely known
4 be known as have a particular name
ADVERB
▪ commonly, popularly
▪ affectionately
▪ collectively
▪

parts of the body known collectively as the sensory system

▪ variously
▪

The drug is variously known as crack or freebase.

▪ locally
▪ formerly, previously
▪

Iran was formerly known as Persia.

PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪

He was known as Bonzo to his friends.

Know is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑scientist
Know is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alphabet, ↑answer, ↑basics, ↑cause, ↑custom, ↑danger, ↑difference, ↑enemy, ↑etiquette, ↑extent, ↑fact, ↑fate, ↑feeling, ↑futility, ↑gossip, ↑horror, ↑identity, ↑intention, ↑job, ↑language, ↑limitation, ↑love, ↑manner, ↑motive, ↑name, ↑outcome, ↑pain, ↑password, ↑place, ↑poem, ↑poetry, ↑right, ↑risk, ↑route, ↑routine, ↑rule, ↑secret, ↑short cut, ↑terrain, ↑thing, ↑thought, ↑trick, ↑truth, ↑voice, ↑way, ↑weakness, ↑whereabouts, ↑word, ↑workings, ↑worth

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