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past tense of
know

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v

ru

To experience.


Their relationship knew ups and downs.


v

ru

To be able to distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.


I wouldn’t know one from the other.


to know a person’s face or figure


to know right from wrong


v

ru

To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.


v

ru

To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.


His mother tongue is Italian, but he also knows French and English.


Know your enemy and know yourself.


Let me do it. I know how it works.


She knows chemistry better than anybody else.


She knows how to swim.


v

ru

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.’


v

ru

To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.


He knows about 19th century politics.


It is vital that he not know.


She knew of our plan.


v

ru

To be or become aware or cognizant.


Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.


v

ru

To be acquainted (with another person).


v

ru

To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).


Do you know «Blueberry Hill»?

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knew

 (no͞o, nyo͞o)

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

knew

(njuː)

vb

the past tense of know

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

know

(noʊ)

v. knew, known, know•ing,
n. v.t.

1. to perceive or understand as fact or truth; apprehend clearly and with certainty.

2. to have fixed in the mind or memory: to know a poem by heart.

3. to be cognizant of: I know it.

4. to be acquainted or familiar with (a thing, place, person, etc.): I know the mayor well.

5. to understand from experience or practice: to know how to make gingerbread.

6. to be able to distinguish, as one from another: to know right from wrong.

7. to recognize: I’d know her if I saw her again.

8. Archaic. to have sexual intercourse with.

v.i.

9. to have knowledge or clear and certain perception, as of fact or truth.

10. to be cognizant or aware, as of some circumstance or occurrence; have information.

n.

11. the fact or state of knowing; knowledge.

Idioms:

in the know, privy to information.

[before 900; Middle English knowen, knawen, Old English gecnāwan; c. Old High German -cnāhan, Old Norse knā to know how, be able to; akin to Latin(g)nōscere, Greek gignṓskein. See gnostic, can1]

know′a•ble, adj.

know′er, n.

Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

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simple past tense of know1.

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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH knew

gnu, knew , new

Words nearby knew

kneidel, knell, Kneller, knelt, Knesset, knew, knicker, Knickerbocker, knickerbocker glory, knickerbockers, knickered

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Words related to knew

notice, recognize, appreciate, perceive, experience, see, have, learn, realize, feel, identify, ken, discriminate, prize, apprehend, fathom, comprehend, grasp, differentiate, distinguish

How to use knew in a sentence

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • There was a rumor that Alessandro and his father had both died; but no one knew anything certainly.

  • Babylas raised his pale face; he knew what was coming; it had come so many times before.

  • Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.

  • She did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.

  • Fatigue he never knew, and on one occasion he was said to have spent thirteen days and nights in the saddle.

British Dictionary definitions for knew

Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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знать, узнавать, уметь, иметь представление, испытывать, пережить, быть знакомым

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- past от know

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a guarded man who knew better than to reveal such delicate information — осторожный человек, которому хватило ума не раскрывать такие деликатные сведения  
a misbegotten child who never knew his father — незаконнорожденный ребёнок, никогда не знавший отца  
a shrewd used car dealer who knew how to make the best possible deal — хитрый продавец подержанных автомобилей, который знал, как заключить максимально выгодную сделку  
an offer which she knew to be impractical and insincere — предложение, которое, как ей известно, было неосуществимым и неискренним  
he never knew what to do in an emergency — он никогда не знал, что делать в экстренной ситуации  
nobody knew about the meeting — никто не знал о встрече  
thou knew(e)st — ты знал  
she knew her part well — она хорошо знала свою роль  
he knew the subject up and down — он знал этот предмет на зубок  
he knew his lesson backwards and forward — он знал урок наизусть; он знал урок назубок  
they knew he was not of them — они распознали в нем чужого  
he knew it all along — он знал это с самого начала; он знал это все время  

Примеры с переводом

I knew her from before. 

Я знал её до этого.

I knew I could depend on you. 

Я знал(а), что могу на вас положиться.

I knew him at once. 

Я его тотчас узнал.

He well knew the law. 

Он чётко представлял себе законодательные нормы.

I knew him by his tongue. 

Я узнал его по манере говорить.

I knew something was up! 

Я так и знал, что что-то случилось!

She knew that he was there. 

Она знала, что он был там.

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I knew something was screwy.  

I was on thin ice, and I knew it.  

I knew that I had been fitted up.  

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