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as in understood
as in experienced
as in saw
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as in saw
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knew

verb

Definition of knew next

past tense of know

as in understood

to have a practical understanding of

a career diplomat who knows several languages a fan who really knows baseball

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understood
comprehended
grasped
appreciated
possessed
had
perceived
apprehended
fathomed
followed
kenned
cognized
savvied
caught on (to)
picked up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

misunderstood
misinterpreted
misperceived
misapprehended
misknew
misconceived

misunderstood
misinterpreted
misperceived
misapprehended
misknew
misconceived

as in experienced

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it

knows full well how nerve-racking it can be to speak in public

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experienced
had
saw
felt
underwent
endured
suffered
witnessed
encountered
tasted
sustained
received
passed
met
went through
accepted
digested
assimilated

as in saw

to have a clear idea of

I think I know what you’re trying to say

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understood
saw
recognized
comprehended
realized
deciphered
appreciated
grasped
sensed
got
discerned
perceived
intuited
conceived
made
apprehended
beheld
dug
twigged
grokked
seized
registered
caught
assimilated
cognized
made out
decoded
savvied
compassed
fathomed
picked up on
caught on (to)
cottoned (to or on to)
tumbled (to)
absorbed
digested
penetrated
took in
pierced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

missed
misunderstood
misread
misinterpreted
mistook
misconstrued
misconceived
misperceived
misapprehended

missed
misunderstood
misread
misinterpreted
mistook
misconstrued
misconceived
misperceived
misapprehended

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In this page you can discover 42 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for knew, like: banged, understood, bedded, recognized, acknowledged, realized, screwed, loved, lived, experienced and saw.

Whats the opposite of knew?

Opposite of past tense for to be sure of facts through learning and experience. misunderstood. confused. misconstrued. misinterpreted.

What is the difference between knew and new?

Let’s begin with ‘knew’. This is the past tense of the verb ‘to know’. So for next time, remember if you are talking about something that you had knowledge of in the past, you will use ‘knew’. If you are talking about something fresh or different that you’re experiencing for the first time, then you will use ‘new’.

When to Use knew or know?

‘Know’ is the present tense while ‘knew’ is in the past. If you are aware of something now, or you have the knowledge of something at the present moment, then you ‘know’ it .

How do you use knew and new in a sentence?

It means to be aware of something through observation or inquiry. I knew he was wrong. I knew you would find it. Out of the two words, new is the most common.

What do you mean by knew?

Knew is defined as you had an awareness of, were familiar with, or were certain about something. If you were confident it was going to rain yesterday, this is an example of when you knew it would rain.

Is knew a English word?

verb. simple past tense of know1.

When we use can?

“Can” is one of the most commonly used modal verbs in English. It can be used to express ability or opportunity, to request or offer permission, and to show possibility or impossibility. Examples: I can ride a horse.

Can past ability?

“Could” is a modal verb used to express possibility or past ability as well as to make suggestions and requests. “Could” is also commonly used in conditional sentences as the conditional form of “can.” past ability. You could see a movie or go out to dinner.

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appreciate
experience
have
learn
notice
perceive
realize
recognize
see
apperceive
apprehend
cognize
comprehend
differentiate
discern
discriminate
distinguish
fathom
grasp
ken
prize
undergo
be acquainted
be cognizant
be conversant in
be informed
be learned
be master of
be read
be schooled
be versed
feel certain
get the idea
have down pat
have information
have knowledge of
keep up on
on top of

feel
see
identify
experience
fraternize
associate
taste
savor
sustain
undergo
be acquainted with
be friends with
get acquainted
have dealings with

On this page you’ll find 68 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to knew, such as: notice, recognize, appreciate, perceive, experience, and see.

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How to use knew in a sentence

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

RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

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

ST. MARTIN’S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI

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

SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUM

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

NAPOLEON’S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON

Polavieja, as everybody knew, was the chosen executive of the friars, whose only care was to secure their own position.

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN

I knew the world had nothing like her, and yet the impression she has made on me, at the first view, is unexpectedly great.

GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEY

But such a thing had, nevertheless, come quite glibly out of her mouth, and she knew not why.

HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT

Last night I saw Jean Baptiste lying prone upon the floor, and knew that she had beaten him down to it, and he had not resisted.

THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUX

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OCTOBER 26, 1985

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be familiar with, understand information

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He knew more of the language of crocodiles than did any man.

It was the way of life and of the world he knew. His hazy awareness was no more than an awareness of something—which, by the way, corresponds very fairly with the hazy awareness of the average human of the mysteries of birth and death and of the beyondness about which they have no definiteness of comprehension.

I knew one fellow that, while I was in prison in Newgate, was one of those they called then night-fliers.

My husband was a perfect stranger to the country, and had not yet so much as a geographical knowledge of the situation of the several places; and I, that, till I wrote this, did not know what the word geographical signified, had only a general knowledge from long conversation with people that came from or went to several places; but this I knew, that Maryland, Pennsylvania, East and West Jersey, New York, and New England lay all north of Virginia, and that they were consequently all colder climates, to which for that very reason, I had an aversion.

Then I thought we would both go first with part of our goods, and that when we were settled I should come back to Virginia and fetch the remainder; but even then I knew he would never part with me, and be left there to go on alone.

These were therefore difficulties insurmountable, and such as I knew not what to do in.

He was silent for a long time, and then he said what I knew was in his mind.

I had no sympathy for Blanche Stroeve, but knew that it would only pain poor Dirk if I told him exactly what I thought of her.

«In the day I saw thee a coward; in the night, when all men fought, even the boys not yet hunters, I saw thee not and knew thee doubly a coward.»

«So I gave heed to my brother’s words; and when I was come to Nulato, and the Russian, Ivan, laid the lash of his dog-whip upon me, I knew I must not fight.

As I say, I heard the talk, and I knew it for good talk, and I knew that in the night the Russians were to be killed.

I know something more than your name about you; I knew something about Gaffer Hexam.

The man knew her, and might by a fortunate chance see her, or hear of her; that was something, as enlisting one pair of eyes and ears the more.

Suddenly he stood still, and asked Riderhood point-blank if he knew where she was?

«This was the light in which it appeared to those who knew the family, long before you returned to it; and Colonel Wallis had his eye upon your father enough to be sensible of it, though he did not then visit in Camden Place; but his regard for Mr Elliot gave him an interest in watching all that was going on there, and when Mr Elliot came to Bath for a day or two, as he happened to do a little before Christmas, Colonel Wallis made him acquainted with the appearance of things, and the reports beginning to prevail.

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