known
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 →
2) As an adjective, known means that people have it in their mind or have found it out. tree →
3) Well-known means famous, known by many people. tree →
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 →
- Use the known numbers to find the total. tree →
- It is known that each box has 6 eggs. tree →
- I have known my best friend since nursery. tree →
- The Sun is known as a star. tree →
- It's a well-known story about three bears. tree →
- The number of fish in the sea is not known exactly. tree →
- This road is known for its traffic jams. tree →
- Little is known of his history. tree →
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.
- Jonathan, a giant tortoise on the island of St Helena, hatched around 1832 and is the oldest known living land animal.
- The bullet ant has one of the most painful insect stings known, and the pain can last for many hours.
- Parts of the Congo River are more than two hundred metres deep, the deepest river known.
- Lemurs live wild only on Madagascar and a few nearby islands; about a hundred kinds are known, and many are in danger.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «known» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.