knows
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
An inflected form of know · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 556 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 35,004 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.017% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people he is always in the know
knows in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I know somet'n' 'bout it that nobody else knows.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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What remembrances, bitter or sweet, came over the widower's heart, Heaven knows!
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Who knows that in a manger-bed there breathed a Child of Light?
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Nobody on board knows) outside the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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I never know where my wife is, and my wife never knows what I am doing.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1