( UK ) ( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key ) : /nəʊ/ Audio ( UK ) ; “ to know ” : ( file ) ( Scotland ) IPA ( key ) : /no/ ( Wales , without the toe – tow merger ) IPA ( key ) : /nou/ ( Northumbria ) IPA ( key ) : /naː/ ( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key ) : /nəʊ/ Audio ( UK ) ; “ to know ” : ( file ) ( Scotland ) IPA ( key ) : /no/ ( Wales , without the toe – tow merger ) IPA ( key ) : /nou/ ( Northumbria ) IPA ( key ) : /naː/ ( General American ) enPR : nō , IPA ( key ) : /noʊ/ Audio ( US ) : ( file ) ( Australia ) IPA ( key ) : /nəʉ/ Homophones : no , noh ( both toe – tow merger ) 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 ” ) . 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 ). 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 ” ) , Persian شناختن ( šenâxtan , “ to know ” ) and Hindi जानना ( jānnā , “ to know, understand ” ) . Alternative forms knaa ( Northumbria ) knowe ( obsolete ) know ( third-person singular simple present knows , present participle knowing , simple past knew or ( nonstandard ) knowed , past participle known or ( colloquial and nonstandard ) knew ) ( transitive ) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that. 1985 April 17, Frank Herbert , 15:46 from the start, in Frank Herbert speaking at UCLA 4/17/1985 ‎ [1] , UCLACommStudies, archived from the original on 10 February 2017 : 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. 1991 September, Stephen Fry , chapter 1, in The Liar , London: Heinemann , →ISBN , section II, page 24 : ' [ … ] I know whether a boy is telling me the truth or not.' 'Thank you, sir.' Did he hell. They never bloody did. I know that I’m right and you’re wrong. He knew something terrible was going to happen. 1985 April 17, Frank Herbert , 15:46 from the start, in Frank Herbert speaking at UCLA 4/17/1985 ‎ [1] , UCLACommStudies, archived from the original on 10 February 2017 : 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. 1991 September, Stephen Fry , chapter 1, in The Liar , London: Heinemann , →ISBN , section II, page 24 : ' [ … ] I know whether a boy is telling me the truth or not.' 'Thank you, sir.' Did he hell. They never bloody did. ( intransitive ) 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. 1749 , Henry Fielding , “A whimsical Adventure which befel the Squire, with the distressed Situation of Sophia ”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling , volume VI, London: A [ ndrew ] Millar , [ … ] , →OCLC , book XVI, page 7 : ‘A Gentleman!’ quoth the Squire, ‘who the Devil can he be? Do, Doctor, go down and ſee who ’tis. Mr. Blifil can hardly be come to town yet.—Go down, do, and know what his Buſineſs is.[’] 1749 , Henry Fielding , “A whimsical Adventure which befel the Squire, with the distressed Situation of Sophia ”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling , volume VI, London: A [ ndrew ] Millar , [ … ] , →OCLC , book XVI, page 7 : ‘A Gentleman!’ quoth the Squire, ‘who the Devil can he be? Do, Doctor, go down and ſee who ’tis. Mr. Blifil can hardly be come to town yet.—Go down, do, and know what his Buſineſs is.[’] ( transitive ) 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. I knew he was upset, but I didn't understand why. 1913 , Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln , chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients , New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company , →OCLC , page 18 : I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew , made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. 2019 September 12, “Scientists discover water, temperature conditions right for life at planet called K2-18b outside solar system”, in South China Morning Post ‎ [2] , sourced from Associated Press , →ISSN , →OCLC , archived from the original on 11 September 2019 , Europe‎ [3] : Discovered in 2015, the planet known as K2-18b is twice the size of Earth with eight times the mass. While it is thought to be rocky, no one knows if water’s flowing on the surface. 1913 , Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln , chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients , New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company , →OCLC , page 18 : I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew , made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. 2019 September 12, “Scientists discover water, temperature conditions right for life at planet called K2-18b outside solar system”, in South China Morning Post ‎ [2] , sourced from Associated Press , →ISSN , →OCLC , archived from the original on 11 September 2019 , Europe‎ [3] : Discovered in 2015, the planet known as K2-18b is twice the size of Earth with eight times the mass. While it is thought to be rocky, no one knows if water’s flowing on the surface. ( intransitive , obsolete ) To be acquainted (with another person). c. 1606–1607 (date written) , William Shakespeare , “ The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] ( First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed [ ward ] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act II, scene vi ] , page 350 , column 1: You, and I haue knowne ſir. c. 1606–1607 (date written) , William Shakespeare , “ The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] ( First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed [ ward ] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act II, scene vi ] , page 350 , column 1: You, and I haue knowne ſir. ( transitive ) 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. I got to know her during the pandemic, so we've known each other for years now. 1897 December (indicated as 1898 ), Winston Churchill , chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode , New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company ; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. , →OCLC , page 1 : I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I shall have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I had left New York for the West. 2016 , VOA Learning English (public domain) Marsha is my roommate. — I know Marsha. She is nice. ( transitive , archaic , biblical , euphemistic ) To have sexual relations with. This meaning normally specified in modern English as e.g. to ' know someone in the biblical sense ' or to 'know biblically'. 1560 , [ William Whittingham et al. , transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. [ … ] (the Geneva Bible ), Geneva: [ … ] Rouland Hall, →OCLC , Genesis IIII:1, folio 2, verso : AFterwarde the man knewe Heuáh his wife, which cõceiued & bare Káin, & ſaid, I haue obteined a man by yͤ Lord. 1939 , Dorothy Parker , “Horsie,”, in Here lies: The collected stories of Dorothy Parker ‎ [4] : 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. 2003 May 11, Garland Testa, 19:37 from the start, in Gary McCarver, director, Night and Deity (King of the Hill), season 7, episode 21 , spoken by Dale Gribble ( Johnny Hardwick ), 20th Century Fox: Wait a second. Are you… attempting to know me? 1897 December (indicated as 1898 ), Winston Churchill , chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode , New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company ; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. , →OCLC , page 1 : I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I shall have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I had left New York for the West. 2016 , VOA Learning English (public domain) Marsha is my roommate. — I know Marsha. She is nice. ( transitive , archaic , biblical , euphemistic ) To have sexual relations with. This meaning normally specified in modern English as e.g. to ' know someone in the biblical sense ' or to 'know biblically'. 1560 , [ William Whittingham et al. , transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. [ … ] (the Geneva Bible ), Geneva: [ … ] Rouland Hall, →OCLC , Genesis IIII:1, folio 2, verso : AFterwarde the man knewe Heuáh his wife, which cõceiued & bare Káin, & ſaid, I haue obteined a man by yͤ Lord. 1939 , Dorothy Parker , “Horsie,”, in Here lies: The collected stories of Dorothy Parker ‎ [4] : 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. 2003 May 11, Garland Testa, 19:37 from the start, in Gary McCarver, director, Night and Deity (King of the Hill), season 7, episode 21 , spoken by Dale Gribble ( Johnny Hardwick ), 20th Century Fox: Wait a second. Are you… attempting to know me? 1560 , [ William Whittingham et al. , transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. [ … ] (the Geneva Bible ), Geneva: [ … ] Rouland Hall, →OCLC , Genesis IIII:1, folio 2, verso : AFterwarde the man knewe Heuáh his wife, which cõceiued & bare Káin, & ſaid, I haue obteined a man by yͤ Lord. 1939 , Dorothy Parker , “Horsie,”, in Here lies: The collected stories of Dorothy Parker ‎ [4] : 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. 2003 May 11, Garland Testa, 19:37 from the start, in Gary McCarver, director, Night and Deity (King of the Hill), season 7, episode 21 , spoken by Dale Gribble ( Johnny Hardwick ), 20th Century Fox: Wait a second. Are you… attempting to know me? ( transitive ) To experience . Their relationship knew ups and downs. 1991 , Irvin Haas, Historic Homes of the American Presidents , page 155 : The Truman family knew good times and bad, [ … ] . 1991 , Irvin Haas, Historic Homes of the American Presidents , page 155 : The Truman family knew good times and bad, [ … ] . 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. His mother tongue is Italian, but he also knows French and English. She knows chemistry better than anybody else. Know your enemy and know yourself. 2013 August 3, “ The machine of a new soul ”, in The Economist , volume 408 , number 8847 , London: The Economist Group , →ISSN , →OCLC : The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. 2013 August 3, “ The machine of a new soul ”, in The Economist , volume 408 , number 8847 , London: The Economist Group , →ISSN , →OCLC : The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. ( transitive ) 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 I wouldn't know one from the other. 1526 , [ William Tyndale , transl.], The Newe Testamẽt [ … ] ( Tyndale Bible ), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer ], →OCLC , Matthew vij:[16], folio ix, recto : Ye ſhall knowe them by their frutes. 1920 , Mary Roberts Rinehart , Avery Hopwood , “The Shadow of the Bat”, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241 ), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company , →OCLC , page 6 : The Bat—they called him the Bat. [ … ] . He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face. 1980 , Armored and mechanized brigade operations , p.3−29: Flares do not know friend from foe and so illuminate both. Changes in wind direction can result in flare exposure of the attacker while defenders hide in the shadows. 1526 , [ William Tyndale , transl.], The Newe Testamẽt [ … ] ( Tyndale Bible ), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer ], →OCLC , Matthew vij:[16], folio ix, recto : Ye ſhall knowe them by their frutes. 1920 , Mary Roberts Rinehart , Avery Hopwood , “The Shadow of the Bat”, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241 ), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company , →OCLC , page 6 : The Bat—they called him the Bat. [ … ] . He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face. 1980 , Armored and mechanized brigade operations , p.3−29: Flares do not know friend from foe and so illuminate both. Changes in wind direction can result in flare exposure of the attacker while defenders hide in the shadows. ( transitive ) To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change. c. 1645-1688 , Thomas Flatman , Translation of Part of Petronius Arbiter's Satyricon : At nearer view he thought he knew the dead, / And call'd the wretched man to mind. 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [ Mary Shelley ], chapter V, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. [ … ] , volume I, London: [ … ] [ Macdonald and Son ] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC , page 115 : Ernest also is so much improved, that you would hardly know him: [ … ] . c. 1645-1688 , Thomas Flatman , Translation of Part of Petronius Arbiter's Satyricon : At nearer view he thought he knew the dead, / And call'd the wretched man to mind. 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [ Mary Shelley ], chapter V, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. [ … ] , volume I, London: [ … ] [ Macdonald and Son ] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC , page 115 : Ernest also is so much improved, that you would hardly know him: [ … ] . ( intransitive ) To have knowledge ; to have information , be informed. It is vital that he not know . She knew of our plan. He knows about 19th century politics. 1908 , W [ illiam ] B [ lair ] M [ orton ] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein , New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company , →OCLC , page 41 : “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.” 2014 April 21, “ Subtle effects ”, in The Economist , volume 411 , number 8884 , London: The Economist Group , →ISSN , →OCLC : Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. 2016 , VOA Learning English (public domain) Marsha knows . 1908 , W [ illiam ] B [ lair ] M [ orton ] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein , New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company , →OCLC , page 41 : “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.” 2014 April 21, “ Subtle effects ”, in The Economist , volume 411 , number 8884 , London: The Economist Group , →ISSN , →OCLC : Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. 2016 , VOA Learning English (public domain) Marsha knows . ( transitive ) To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music). Do you know "Blueberry Hill"? ( transitive ) To have indexed and have information about within one's database. 2023 June 7, “Search Names and Meanings”, in Name Doctor ‎ [5] , archived from the original on 7 June 2023 : Mmm... Seems you searched for a name that we don't know , we'll send our trained monkeys to check what's in stock. 2023 June 7, “Search Names and Meanings”, in Name Doctor ‎ [5] , archived from the original on 7 June 2023 : Mmm... Seems you searched for a name that we don't know , we'll send our trained monkeys to check what's in stock. ( transitive , philosophy ) To maintain ( a belief, a position ) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge ; to hold a justified true belief . This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs “Knowen” is found in some old texts as the past participle. In some old texts, the form “know to [verb]” rather than “know how to [verb]” is found, e.g. Milton wrote: “he knew himself to sing, and build the lofty rhymes”. † Archaic or obsolete . 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare , “ The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] ( First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed [ ward ] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act I, scene i ] , page 128 , column 1: O that a man might know / The end of this dayes buſineſſe, ere it come: / But it ſufficeth, that the day will end, / And then the end is knowne . 1838 October, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , “The Light of Stars”, in Voices of the Night , Cambridge, Mass.: [ … ] John Owen, published 1839 , →OCLC , page 13 : O fear not in a world like this, / And thou shalt know ere long, / Know how sublime a thing it is, / To suffer and be strong. 2013 September-October, Henry Petroski , “ The Evolution of Eyeglasses ”, in American Scientist : The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight. ( have sexual relations with ) : coitize , go to bed with , sleep with ; see also Thesaurus:copulate with as far as one knows be a poet and not know it better the devil you know ( than the devil you don't ( know ); than the one you don't ( know )) by their fruits you will know them damned if I know don't I know it do you know the Bishop of Norwich do you know what I'm saying do you know who I am formerly known as getting-to-know-you how should I know how would I know I'd like to know I do not know it I don't know about that if you know what I mean if you know you know I hardly even know her I hardly know her I know it when I see it I know that's right I know you are but what am I I'll have you know I'm a poet and I didn't even know it it's not what you know but who you know it takes one to know one know a B from a battledore know any better know back to front know beans about know B from a battledore know everything know-everything know-everythingism know every trick in the book know from a bar of soap know how many beans make five know how to pick 'em know how to walk before one can run know if one is Arthur or Martha knowing is half the battle know inside and out know inside out , know inside and out know like a book know like the back of one's hand know like the back , palm of one's hand know-nothingness know one's arse from one's elbow know one's ass from a hole in the ground know one's ass from a hole in the ground , know one's ass from one's elbow know one's head from a hole in the ground know one's head from one's ass know one's mind know one's onions know one's own head know one's own mind know one's place know one's shit know one's stuff know one's way around know shit from Shinola know someone from a can of paint know someone from Adam know someone from Adam's off ox know someone from a hole in the ground know someone from a hole in the wall know someone from Eve know someone from the man in the moon know someone from the man on the moon know someone in the biblical sense know someone when know something backwards know the difference between one's ass and a hole in the ground , know the difference between one's ass and one's elbow know what is what know what o'clock it is know what one is about know what one is doing know what's o'clock know what's what know when to fold 'em know where one stands know where the bodies are buried know whether one is Arthur or Martha know which end is up know which side one's bread is buttered on know which way is up little did one know nice knowing you not know one is born not know someone from Adam not know what hit one not know what one is missing not know where to turn not know whether one is coming or going not know whether to shit or go blind , not know whether to spit or go blind not know which end is up not know which way to jump not know which way to turn not that I know of on a need-to-know basis one is a poet and doesn't know it one will know the reason why takes one to know one tell me something I don't know that's for me to know and you to find out the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know the devil we know is better than the devil we don't the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know the devil you know the devil you know is better than the devil you don't the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing the more you know whatcha know good what do you know what you don't know can't hurt you who wants to know wouldn't you know ( it ) wouldn't you like to know y'know , yaknow you don't know what you're talking about you don't know where it's been you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows you don't want to know you know nothing, Jon Snow you know something you know what I mean you know what I'm saying you know what they say you know what , you-know-what you never know what you've got till it's gone Abkhaz: адырра ( adərra ) Afrikaans: weet (af) Albanian: di (sq) , njoh (sq) Altai: Southern Altai: билер ( biler ) American Sign Language: BentB@Sfhead Amharic: ማወቅ (am) ( mawäḳ ) , ማዎቅ ( mawoḳ ) Arabic: عَلِمَ (ar) ( ʕalima ) , عَرَفَ (ar) ( ʕarafa ) Egyptian Arabic: عرف ( ʕeref ) Hijazi Arabic: عرف ( ʕirif ) , دِرِي ( diri ) Aragonese: please add this translation if you can Armenian: գիտենալ (hy) ( gitenal ) , իմանալ (hy) ( imanal ) Aromanian: shciu Asturian: saber (ast) Azerbaijani: bilmək (az) Bakhtiari: دونستن ( dõwesten ) Bashkir: белеү ( biliw ) Basque: jakin , jakina izan Belarusian: ве́даць (be) impf ( vjédacʹ ) , знаць impf ( znacʹ ) Bengali: জানা (bn) ( jana ) , চেনা (bn) ( cena ) Bontoc: Eastern Bontoc: ammo , inila Breton: gouzout (br) Bulgarian: зна́я (bg) impf ( znája ) Burmese: သိရှိ (my) ( si.hri. ) , သိ (my) ( si. ) Catalan: saber (ca) Cebuano: kahibalo Chinese: Cantonese: 知 ( zi 1 ) Dungan: җыдо ( žɨdo ) Eastern Min: 捌 ( báik ) Hakka: 知 ( tî ) Hokkien: 知影 (zh-min-nan) ( chai-iáⁿ ) , 會曉 / 会晓 (zh-min-nan) ( ē-hiáu ) , 明白 (zh-min-nan) ( bîng-pi̍k ) Mandarin: 知道 (zh) ( zhīdao ) , 曉得 / 晓得 (zh) ( xiǎode ) Wu: 曉得 / 晓得 Chinook Jargon: kəmtəks Chuvash: пӗл ( pĕl ) Coptic: Bohairic Coptic: ⲉⲙⲓ ( emi ) Fayyumic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲙⲓ ( eimi ) , ⲉⲓⲙⲓ ( eimi ) Old Coptic: ⲉⲙⲓ ( emi ) , ⲙⲙⲓ ( mmi ) Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲙⲉ ( eime ) , ⲉⲓⲙⲙⲉ ( eimme ) Cornish: godhvos ( Kernewek Kemmyn ) Czech: vědět (cs) Dalmatian: sapar Danish: vide (da) Dongxiang: mejie Dutch: weten (nl) Dzongkha: ཤེས ( shes ) Egyptian: ꜥm Akhmimic, Lycopolitan: ⲙⲙⲉ ( mme ) Esperanto: scii (eo) Estonian: teadma (et) Even: хадай ( hadaj ) Evenki: сами ( sami ) Fang (Bantu): -yem Faroese: vita (fo) Finnish: tietää (fi) French: savoir (fr) Old French: savoir , saveir Frisian: North Frisian: ( Mooring ) waase , ( Föhr-Amrum ) witj West Frisian: wite (fy) , witte (fy) Galician: saber (gl) Georgian: ცოდნა (ka) ( codna ) German: wissen (de) Alemannic German: wüsse Bavarian: wissn Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 ( witan ) Greek: ξέρω (el) ( xéro ) Ancient Greek: γιγνώσκω ( gignṓskō ) , γινώσκω ( ginṓskō ) ( Ionic, Koine ) , οἶδα ( oîda ) Guarani: Mbya Guarani: kuaa Paraguayan Guarani: (please verify ) kuaa Guianese Creole: savé Gujarati: જાણવું ( jāṇvũ ) Haitian Creole: konnen Hebrew: יָדַע (he) ( yadá ) Hindi: जानना (hi) ( jānnā ) Hungarian: tud (hu) Icelandic: vita (is) Ido: savar (io) Indonesian: tahu (id) Irish: a fhios a bheith agat , is eol do , eolas a bheith ag Italian: sapere (it) Japanese: 知る (ja) ( しる, shiru ) , 確信 している ( かくしんしている, kakushin shite iru ) , ご存知 である ( ごぞんじである, go-zonji de aru ) ( honorific ) , 存じ上げる (ja) ( ぞんじあげる, zonjiageru ) ( humble ) Javanese: weruh (jv) Old Javanese: wruh Kalinga: Southern Kalinga: akammu Kankanaey: ammo , getek Karakhanid: بِلْماكْ ( bilmēk ) Kashmiri: زانُن ( zānun ) Kazakh: білу (kk) ( bilüw ) Khakas: пілерге ( pìlerge ) Khmer: ចេរ (km) ( cee ) Kilivila: - nukwali - Korean: 알다 (ko) ( alda ) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: زانین (ckb) ( zanîn ) Northern Kurdish: zanîn (ku) Kyrgyz: билүү (ky) ( bilüü ) Lao: ຮູ້ (lo) ( hū ) , ຊາບ ( sāp ) Latin: sciō (la) Latvian: zināt (lv) Lingala: yeba , eba Lithuanian: žinoti (lt) Lombard: savè (lmo) Low German: weten Lü: ᦣᦴᧉ ( huu² ) Luxembourgish: wëssen Macedonian: зна́е impf ( znáe ) Malay: tahu (ms) Malayalam: അറിയുക (ml) ( aṟiyuka ) Manchu: ᠰᠠᠮᠪᡳ ( sambi ) Mandar: wissang Manobo: Western Bukidnon Manobo: savut Marathi: जाणणे (mr) ( j̈āṇṇe ) Megleno-Romanian: știu Middle English: witen Minangkabau: tahu Mirandese: saber Mongolian: мэдэх (mn) ( medex ) Murut: Keningau Murut: nakapanday , napandayan Nanai: саори ( saori ) , отоли- ( otoli- ) Nepali: चिन्नु (ne) ( cinnu ) Norwegian: vite (no) Occitan: saber (oc) , saupre (oc) Odia: ଜାଣିବା (or) ( jāṇibā ) Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: знати ( znati ) , вѣдѣти ( věděti ) Old East Slavic: знати ( znati ) , вѣдѣти ( věděti ) Old English: witan Old Saxon: witan Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐰠 ( b²il² /⁠bil-⁠/ ) Ossetian: зонын ( zonyn ) Pashto: پوهېدل (ps) ( pohedᶕl ) , پيېدل ( pǝyedǝ́l ) Persian: دانستن (fa) ( dânestan ) , دونستن ( dunestan ) ( colloquial ) Piedmontese: savej Polish: wiedzieć (pl) impf Portuguese: saber (pt) Quechua: riqsiy Ratahan: mataton Romanian: ști (ro) Romansh: savair , saveir , saver Russian: знать (ru) impf ( znatʹ ) , ве́дать (ru) impf ( védatʹ ) ( dated, poetic ) Samogitian: žėnuotė Sanskrit: जानाति (sa) ( jānāti ) Sardinian: ischire , ischiri Scottish Gaelic: bi fhios aig Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: знати impf Latin: znati (sh) impf Shan: please add this translation if you can Sherpa: ཤེའ ( she' ) Sicilian: sapiri (scn) Sindhi: ڄاڻڻ ( j̄āṇṇ ) Sinhalese: දන්නවා (si) ( dannawā ) Slovak: vedieť (sk) impf Slovene: vedeti (sl) impf Somali: ogaasho Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: wěźeś Upper Sorbian: wědźeć Spanish: saber (es) Sranan Tongo: sabi Sundanese: uninga Swahili: kujua (sw) Swedish: veta (sv) Tagalog: alam (tl) Tajik: донистан (tg) ( donistan ) Tarantino: sapè Tatar: белергә (tt) ( belergä ) Thai: รู้ (th) ( rúu ) , ทราบ (th) ( sâap ) Northern Thai: ᩁᩪ᩶ ( hu ) Tibetan: ཤེས ( shes ) , མཁྱེན ( mkhyen ) ( honorific ) Classical Tibetan: ཤེས་ ( shes ) Tocharian B: kärs- Tofa: билир ( bilir ) , биир ( biir ) Tok Pisin: save Turkish: bilmek (tr) Ottoman Turkish: بیلمك ( bilmek ) Turkmen: bilmek (tk) Tuvan: билир ( bilir ) Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎄𐎓 ( ydʿ ) Ukrainian: зна́ти (uk) impf ( znáty ) , ві́дати (uk) impf ( vídaty ) ( dated, poetic ) Urdu: جاننا ( jānnā ) Uyghur: بىلمەك ( bilmek ) Uzbek: bilmoq (uz) Vietnamese: biết (vi) Volapük: nolön (vo) Welsh: medru (cy) , gwybod (cy) Yakut: бил ( bil ) Yiddish: וויסן ( visn ) Zazaki: zanıtene (diq) , zanen , zan (diq) , zanayen Zealandic: wete Albanian: njoh (sq) Amharic: ማወቅ (am) ( mawäḳ ) Arabic: عَرَفَ (ar) ( ʕarafa ) Egyptian Arabic: عرف ( ʕeref ) Hijazi Arabic: عِرِف ( ʕirif ) , دِري ( diri ) Armenian: իմանալ (hy) ( imanal ) , ճանաչել (hy) ( čanačʻel ) , գիտենալ (hy) ( gitenal ) Aromanian: cunoscu Asturian: conocer (ast) , coñocer (ast) Basque: ezagutu Belarusian: знаць impf ( znacʹ ) Bulgarian: позна́вам (bg) impf ( poznávam ) , зна́я (bg) impf ( znája ) Burmese: သိ (my) ( si. ) Buryat: таниха ( tanixa ) Catalan: conèixer (ca) Cebuano: katultol ( a place ) , kaila ( a person ) Cherokee: ᎤᏅᏔ ( unvta ) Chinese: Hokkien: 捌 ( pat ) Mandarin: 認識 / 认识 (zh) ( rènshi ) Comorian: Ngazidja Comorian: u djua Cornish: aswonn ( Kernewek Kemmyn ) Czech: znát (cs) Danish: kende (da) Dutch: kennen (nl) Esperanto: koni (eo) Estonian: tundma (et) , teadma (et) Finnish: tuntea (fi) French: connaître (fr) , connaitre (fr) ( alternative spelling ) Frisian: West Frisian: kenne (fy) Friulian: cognossi Galician: coñecer (gl) Georgian: ცნობა ( cnoba ) German: kennen (de) Alemannic German: wüsse Gothic: 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 ( kunnan ) Greek: γνωρίζω (el) ( gnorízo ) , ξέρω (el) ( xéro ) ( informal ) Ancient Greek: οἶδα ( oîda ) Guarani: Mbya Guarani: kuaa Paraguayan Guarani: (please verify ) kuaa Gujarati: ઓળખવું ( oḷkhavũ ) Haitian Creole: konnen Hebrew: הִכִּיר (he) ( hikír ) Higaonon: kilala Hungarian: ismer (hu) Icelandic: þekkja (is) Ido: konocar (io) Indonesian: kenal (id) Irish: aithin , aithne a bheith ag Istriot: cugnussi Italian: conoscere (it) Japanese: ...を知っている (ja) ( ...をしっている, ...o shitte iru ) , ...に精通している ( ...にせいつうしている, ...ni seitsū shite iru ) Kalmyk: таньх ( tanʹx ) Korean: ...와 친한 사이다 ( ...wa chinhan saida ) , 알다 (ko) ( alda ) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ناسین (ckb) ( nasîn ) Northern Kurdish: nasîn (ku) Lao: ຮູ້ຈັກ ( hū chak ) Latin: cognoscere (la) , agnosco , regnosco , nosco (la) , noscito (la) Livonian: tundõ Lombard: cugnuss Lü: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: знае impf ( znae ) Malay: kenal (ms) Malayalam: അറിയുക (ml) ( aṟiyuka ) Maltese: please add this translation if you can Mauritian Creole: kone Mirandese: coincer Mòcheno: kennen Mongolian: таних (mn) ( tanix ) Murut: Keningau Murut: makaulig Navajo: bił bééhózin Norman: connaître Norwegian: kjenne (no) Occitan: conéisser (oc) Ojibwe: gikenim (vta), gikendan (vti) Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: знати impf ( znati ) Old East Slavic: знати impf ( znati ) Old English: cunnan Old Saxon: kennian Papiamentu: conoci Persian: شناختن (fa) ( šenâxtan ) Piedmontese: conosse Pipil: -ishmati , -ixmati Polabian: znot impf Polish: znać (pl) impf Portuguese: conhecer (pt) Romanian: cunoaște (ro) Russian: знать (ru) impf ( znatʹ ) Scottish Gaelic: bi eòlach air Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: зна̏ти impf , позна́вати impf Latin: znȁti (sh) impf , poznávati (sh) pf Shan: please add this translation if you can Slovak: poznať (sk) Slovene: znati impf Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: znaś impf Upper Sorbian: znać impf Spanish: conocer (es) , cognocer (es) ( desus. ) Swedish: känna (sv) ( a person ) , känna till (sv) , veta om ( a piece of fact ) Tagalog: kilala (tl) , makilala , kilalanin Tarantino: canòsce Thai: รู้จัก (th) ( rúu-jàk ) Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can Southern Thai: please add this translation if you can Tocharian A: kñā- Tok Pisin: save Turkish: tanımak (tr) Ottoman Turkish: طانیمق ( tanımak ) Ukrainian: зна́ти (uk) impf ( znáty ) Venetan: cognossare , cognósar , conoser , conosar , conóser , conósar , conosare , conossar , conossare Vietnamese: làm quen (vi) Volapük: sevön (vo) Walloon: kinoxhe (wa) Welsh: ( colloquial ) nabod (cy) , ( literary ) adnabod (cy) Yiddish: קענען ( kenen ) Yup'ik: nallunrituq Zazaki: zanayen , sılasnen Zealandic: kenne Zhuang: please add this translation if you can Albanian: njoftoj (sq) American Sign Language: BentB@Sfhead Arabic: دَرَى (ar) ( darā ) , عَرَفَ (ar) ( ʕarafa ) Hijazi Arabic: عِرِف ( ʕirif ) , دري ( diri ) Armenian: իմանալ (hy) ( imanal ) , կարողանալ (hy) ( karoġanal ) , գիտենալ (hy) ( gitenal ) Belizean Creole: noa Bulgarian: зна́я (bg) ( znája ) Burmese: သိ (my) ( si. ) Catalan: saber (ca) Cebuano: kahibalo , kamao ( a skill ) Chinese: Cantonese: 識 / 识 ( sik 1 ) , 明 ( ming 4 ) Mandarin: 懂 (zh) ( dǒng ) , 明白 (zh) ( míngbai ) Cornish: godhvos ( Kernewek Kemmyn ) Czech: vědět (cs) Danish: kende (da) Dutch: weten (nl) Estonian: oskama Faroese: vita (fo) Finnish: tietää (fi) French: connaître (fr) , connaitre (fr) ( alternative spelling ) , savoir (fr) Frisian: West Frisian: witte (fy) Georgian: ცოდნა (ka) ( codna ) German: wissen (de) ( to have knowledge ) , können (de) ( to have a skill ) Alemannic German: wüsse Old High German: wiȥȥan Greek: γνωρίζω (el) ( gnorízo ) Ancient Greek: γιγνώσκω ( gignṓskō ) , οἶδα ( oîda ) Guarani: Mbya Guarani: kuaa Paraguayan Guarani: (please verify ) kuaa Haitian Creole: konnen Hungarian: tud (hu) Ido: konocar (io) Indonesian: tahu (id) Interlingua: saper (ia) Irish: a fhios a bheith agat , is eol do , eolas a bheith ag Italian: conoscere (it) Japanese: 知っている ( しっている, shitte iru ) Judeo-Italian: קוּנוּשֵירֵי ( qunušere /⁠cunuscere⁠/ ) Kashubian: wiedzec Kurdish: Central Kurdish: زانین (ckb) ( zanîn ) Northern Kurdish: zanîn (ku) Lao: please add this translation if you can Latin: cognoscere (la) Latvian: prast (lv) Malay: tahu (ms) Malayalam: അറിയുക (ml) ( aṟiyuka ) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norman: connaître Norwegian: kunne (no) Nǀuu: ǁxaea , ǁxae Occitan: saber (oc) Old English: witan Old Saxon: witan Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐰠 ( b²il² /⁠bil-⁠/ ) Persian: دانستن (fa) ( dânestan )

Polish: wiedzieć (pl) Portuguese: conhecer (pt) , entender de , saber de Quechua: yachay Romanian: ști (ro) Russian: уме́ть (ru) ( umétʹ ) ( to have a skill ) , знать (ru) ( znatʹ ) Scottish Gaelic: bi fhios aig Serbo-Croatian: znȁti (sh) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: wěźeś Upper Sorbian: wědźeć Spanish: saber (es) , saber quién es , saber qué es , saber lo que es Sundanese: uninga Swedish: veta (sv) Tagalog: malaman , mabatid , alam (tl) Tamil: தெரிந்திரு ( terintiru ) Tok Pisin: save Turkish: bilmek (tr) Volapük: please add this translation if you can Welsh: gwybod (cy) Yiddish: וויסן ( visn ) Zazaki: zanıtene (diq) , zanıten Albanian: kuptoj (sq) , n'za (gheg) Armenian: իմանալ (hy) ( imanal ) , գիտենալ (hy) ( gitenal ) Bulgarian: разби́рам (bg) impf ( razbíram ) Burmese: တတ် (my) ( tat ) Cornish: godhvos ( Kernewek Kemmyn ) Czech: znát (cs) Danish: forstå sig på , kende til Faroese: duga , skilja Finnish: ymmärtää (fi) French: connaître (fr) , connaitre (fr) ( alternative spelling ) , savoir (fr) Georgian: გაგება ( gageba ) , ცოდნა (ka) ( codna ) German: können (de) , sich auskennen in Hungarian: tud (hu) Italian: capire (it) Japanese: 理解 する ( りかいする, rikai suru ) , 分かる (ja) ( わかる, wakaru ) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: زانین (ckb) ( zanîn ) Northern Kurdish: zanîn (ku) Latin: capio (la) , intellego (la) , scio (la) , teneo (la) Latvian: saprast , prast (lv) Malayalam: അറിയുക (ml) ( aṟiyuka ) Norwegian: forstå (no) Old English: cunnan Persian: دانستن (fa) ( dânestan ) , بلد بودن ( balad budan ) Polish: znać się (pl) Portuguese: saber (pt) , conhecer (pt) , entender (pt) Russian: знать (ru) pf ( znatʹ ) , понима́ть (ru) impf ( ponimátʹ ) , поня́ть (ru) pf ( ponjátʹ ) Scottish Gaelic: bi eòlach air Serbo-Croatian: znȁti (sh) , poznávati (sh) Spanish: conocer (es) , entender de , saber de Swedish: kunna (sv) Tagalog: umunawa , maunawaan , maintindihan Tok Pisin: save Turkish: anlamak (tr) , bilmek (tr) Volapük: please add this translation if you can Zazaki: zanayen Albanian: nërza (gheg) Bulgarian: познавам (bg) ( poznavam ) ( библ. ) Esperanto: seksumi (eo) Faroese: kenna ( biblical ) Finnish: tuntea (fi) French: connaître (fr) ( biblical ) German: ( biblical ) erkennen (de) Greek: Ancient Greek: γιγνώσκω ( gignṓskō ) Hebrew: יָדַע (he) ( yadá' ) Hungarian: megismer (hu) Indonesian: setubuh (id) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: zanîn (ku) Latin: uti aliquo , notitiam habere , scio (la) Latvian: iepazīt Lingala: koyébana Norwegian: kjenne (no) Old English: witan Portuguese: conhecer (pt) Romanian: cunoaște (ro) Russian: познава́ть (ru) impf ( poznavátʹ ) , позна́ть (ru) pf ( poznátʹ ) Spanish: conocer (es) Turkish: yatmış olmak Albanian: njoftohem Armenian: իմանալ (hy) ( imanal ) , գիտենալ (hy) ( gitenal ) Comorian: Ngazidja Comorian: udjua Cornish: godhvos ( Kernewek Kemmyn ) Czech: vědět (cs) Danish: vide (da) Faroese: vita (fo) Finnish: tietää (fi) French: savoir (fr) , être au courant (fr) , connaître (fr) Old French: savoir , saveir Georgian: ცოდნა (ka) ( codna ) German: wissen (de) Hungarian: tud (hu) , ért (hu) , jártas (hu) , járatos (hu) Irish: a fhios a bheith agat , is eol do , eolas a bheith ag Italian: sapere (it) Latin: scio (la) , intelligo (la) , video (la) , nosco (la) , scisco Latvian: zināt (lv) Norwegian: vite (no) Old English: witan Persian: دانستن (fa) ( dânestan ) Polish: wiedzieć (pl) impf Portuguese: saber (pt) , aperceber - se Russian: знать (ru) ( znatʹ ) Scottish Gaelic: bi fhios aig Serbo-Croatian: znȁti (sh) Slovene: spoznati (sl) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: wěźeś Upper Sorbian: wědźeć Spanish: estar informado Swedish: känna till (sv) , veta om , veta (sv) Tagalog: alam (tl) Tok Pisin: save Turkish: haberi olmak (tr) Yiddish: וויסן ( visn ) Zazaki: zan (diq) Bulgarian: преживявам (bg) ( preživjavam ) , изпитвам (bg) ( izpitvam ) Czech: poznat (cs) Dutch: kennen (nl) Finnish: kokea (fi) , tuntea (fi) French: connaître (fr) Georgian: გამოცდა ( gamocda ) , გადატანა ( gadaṭana ) Hungarian: tapasztal (hu) , megtapasztal (hu) , megél (hu) , átél (hu) , átmegy (hu) , keresztülmegy (hu) Latin: sentio (la) , experio , experior Lithuanian: patirti Norman: connaître Portuguese: conhecer (pt) , vivenciar (pt) , experimentar (pt) Russian: пережива́ть (ru) impf ( pereživátʹ ) ( rare in this context ), пережи́ть (ru) pf ( perežítʹ ) , познава́ть (ru) impf ( poznavátʹ ) , позна́ть (ru) pf ( poznátʹ ) , испыты́вать (ru) impf ( ispytývatʹ ) , испыта́ть (ru) pf ( ispytátʹ ) Tok Pisin: save Volapük: plak (vo) Aromanian: (please verify ) cunoscu Bislama: (please verify ) save Chinese: Mandarin: (please verify ) 知道 (zh) ( to know something ) , (please verify ) 認識 / 认识 (zh) , (please verify ) 认识 (zh) ( to know a person ) Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: (please verify ) kuaa Indonesian: (please verify ) tahu (id) , (please verify ) mengetahui (id) , (please verify ) kenal (id) Interlingua: (please verify ) saper (ia) , (please verify ) cognoscer (ia) , (please verify ) recognoscer Japanese: (please verify ) 知る (ja) ( しる , shiru ) , (please verify ) 知っている ( しっている , shitte iru ) Manchu: (please verify ) ulhimbi Rohingya: (please verify ) zano Romani: (please verify ) zhanel Romanian: (please verify ) cunoaște (ro) Telugu: (please verify ) తెలుసుకొను (te) ( telusukonu ) Volapük: (please verify ) sevön (vo) Woiwurrung: (please verify ) ngarr-gi know ( uncountable ) ( rare ) Knowledge ; the state of knowing. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare , “ The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] ( First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed [ ward ] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act V, scene ii ] , page 259 , column 2: That on the view and know of theſe Contents, [ … ] He ſhould the bearers put to [ … ] death, [ … ] c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare , “ The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] ( First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed [ ward ] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act V, scene ii ] , page 259 , column 2: That on the view and know of theſe Contents, [ … ] He ſhould the bearers put to [ … ] death, [ … ] Knowledge; the state of knowing. (Now confined to the fixed phrase in the know .) William Dwight Whitney , Benjamin Eli Smith , editors ( 1895–1910 ), “ know ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , →OCLC . “ know ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC . know ( plural knows ) Alternative form of knowe ( “ hill, knoll ” ) . 1868 , History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club , volumes 4-5 , page 223 : 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. 1868 , History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club , volumes 4-5 , page 223 : 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. Shortening of you know ( sense 4 ) —Singapore English favours pro-drop constructions (Wee, 2003). ( Singapore ) IPA ( key ) : /noʊ/ , ( sincere ) [noː˨˦] , ( emphatic ) [ˈno(˧˨)] ( Singlish ) 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 ! 2011 , James Khoo, directed by James Khoo, Hentak Kaki ‎ [6] (short film), spoken by Staff Sergeant (NS) Rajendran (P. Muruganandan / Richard Muru): Are you sure they’re gonna give you someting more kilat ? I think ah , they put you here to hentak kaki , know ! 2013 , Pablo Tan, “Gang Clash” (00:05:25 from the start), in Crimewatch , season 27 , episode 3, spoken by Ah Chye, Ang Bock Huat ( Charlie Goh , Tristan Goh), via Channel 5 (Mediacorp) : Ah Chye (Charlie Goh): Eh hello, this is my territory know ? Ang Bock Huat (Tristan Goh): Your territory? You think Scorpion very strong is it ? 2011 , James Khoo, directed by James Khoo, Hentak Kaki ‎ [6] (short film), spoken by Staff Sergeant (NS) Rajendran (P. Muruganandan / Richard Muru): Are you sure they’re gonna give you someting more kilat ? I think ah , they put you here to hentak kaki , know ! 2013 , Pablo Tan, “Gang Clash” (00:05:25 from the start), in Crimewatch , season 27 , episode 3, spoken by Ah Chye, Ang Bock Huat ( Charlie Goh , Tristan Goh), via Channel 5 (Mediacorp) : Ah Chye (Charlie Goh): Eh hello, this is my territory know ? Ang Bock Huat (Tristan Goh): Your territory? You think Scorpion very strong is it ? ( Singlish ) Synonym of you know ( used as a conversational discourse marker, to emphasize something ) Cannot be used in conjunction with other sentence-final discourse particles. Gupta, A. F. ( 1992 ), “The pragmatic particles of Singapore colloquial English”, in Journal of Pragmatics , volume 18 , number 1, →DOI Wee, Lionel ( 2003 ), “The birth of a particle: know in Colloquial Singapore English”, in World Englishes , volume 22 , number 1, →DOI , pages 5–13 From Proto-Brythonic *know , from Proto-Celtic *knūs . IPA ( key ) : [knoʊ] know ( collective , singulative knowen f ) know Brasil ( “ Brazil nuts ” ) know dor ( “ peanuts, monkey nuts ” ) know fow ( “ beech nut ” ) know Frynk ( “ walnuts ” ) know koko ( “ coconuts ” ) know koll ( “ hazelnuts, cobnuts ” ) know muskat ( “ nutmeg ” ) know pin ( “ pine nut ” ) know toos ( “ doughnut ” ) plisk know ( “ nutshells ” ) pysknow ( “ peanuts, monkey nuts ” ) Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience. alternative form of kne alternative form of knouth 1867 , “GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY“, page 44: Doost thou know fidi is a hamaron? Do you know where is the horse-collar? 1867 , “GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY“, page 44: Doost thou know fidi is a hamaron? Do you know where is the horse-collar? Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. 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