Definition of Know

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Definition of Know

Know

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To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.

To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.

To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.

To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.

To have sexual commerce with.

To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of.

To be assured; to feel confident.

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Know Quotations

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.
Mother Teresa

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
Mother Teresa

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?
Mother Teresa

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Thomas Jefferson

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.
Thomas Jefferson

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Thomas Jefferson

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.
Thomas Jefferson

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.
Maya Angelou

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.
Maya Angelou

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein

Know Translations

know in Afrikaans is ken, weet
know in Danish is vide, kende
know in Dutch is kennen, bekend zijn met
know in French is savons, sache, connais, su, connaissons, savent
know in Italian is potere, conoscere, sapere
know in Latin is teneo
know in Norwegian is kunne, vite, kjenne til
know in Portuguese is saber, saiba
know in Spanish is saber, conocer

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