Definitions for knew

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knew knew

Spelling: [noo, nyoo]

IPA: /nu, nyu/

Knew is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 19 anagrams from letters in knew (eknw).

Definitions for knew

noun

1. the fact or state of knowing; knowledge.

verb

1. simple past tense of know1 .

Idioms

1. in the know, possessing inside, secret, or special information.
2. know the ropes, Informal. to understand or be familiar with the particulars of a subject or business:

verb (used with object)

1. to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty:
2. to have established or fixed in the mind or memory:
3. to be cognizant or aware of:
4. be acquainted with (a thing, place, person, etc.), as by sight, experience, or report:
5. to understand from experience or attainment (usually followed by how before an infinitive):
6. to be able to distinguish, as one from another:
7. Archaic. to have sexual intercourse with.

verb (used without object)

1. to have knowledge or clear and certain perception, as of fact or truth.
2. to be cognizant or aware, as of some fact, circumstance, or occurrence; have information, as about something.

Origin of knew

before 900; Middle English knowen, knawen, Old English gecnāwan; cognate with Old High German -cnāhan, Old Norse knā to know how, be able to; akin to Latin (g)nōvī, Greek gignṓskein. See

Examples for knew

Who knew that “we shall overcome” meant “we, the few, shall book covers every decade or so, maybe, sometimes, if we are in style.”

He knew no such person in the household, and did not think there ever had been such.

I was with him when he died, but knew not the hour he departed, for he sunk to rest like an infant.

He knew that a public appearance with Duke could be disastrous.

Johnson knew that the proposals he was going to send to the Hill would be divisive.

He knew I loved him like a big brother, and I knew the feeling was mutual.

He knew the circumstances of the Rushtons, and he had not supposed they had any money on hand.

They liked what Duke was saying and were willing to look beyond what little they knew of his past.

He knew Jim couldn't swim a lick, so he thought he'd have Jim go drown.

Robert shrank from informing him, but he knew it to be his duty, and he was too brave to put it off.