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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
knew
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
knew what...hit (=realized what had happened)
▪ He was gone before they knew what had hit them .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I (only) wish I knew
▪ And I wish I knew why.
▪ But being so weak seems wrong now too. I wish I knew judo.
▪ Don't ask me what I do want. I wish I knew.
▪ He was a sad person underneath. I wish I knew what he was so sad about.
▪ I do know that it was because of an argument that he left. I wish I knew more.
▪ I won't listen to you any more. I wish I knew what time it was.
▪ Men clustered and chattered lively in groups. I wished I knew how to smoke.
▪ Very grand. I wish I knew where it is now.
I never knew (that)
▪ I never knew you played the guitar!
▪ And I never knew he took my advice about Eliot so seriously.
▪ As I once told you, I never knew where we were heading when I first drove out the Anacreonians.
▪ But I never knew from one week to the next if there would be any money.
▪ I sort of dabble my foot in it like it's a puddle. I never knew Marie was married.
▪ I was brought up in a pit village near Bishop Auckland and I never knew my father.
▪ Those men have to stand that over and over again. I never knew it was like that.
▪ You and your father. I never knew two people more alike.
▪ You said they stole your milk. I never knew what it was that messed him up.
the first I knew/heard
▪ And yet these hills are the first I knew and loved.
▪ It was the first I knew about it.
the next thing I/she etc knew
▪ And the next thing I knew, I was here.
▪ But the next thing she knew she was crying.
▪ He slipped something in my wine and the next thing I knew was that we were on the Continent.
▪ I fell asleep, and the next thing I knew, some one was waking me.
▪ I had hardly dated, and the next thing I knew I was getting married.
▪ I must have fallen asleep, for the next thing I knew I was woken by the ringing of the telephone.
▪ I started to run and the next thing I knew I was lying on the kitchen table.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Knew

Know \Know\ (n[=o]), v. t. [imp. Knew (n[=u]); p. p. Known (n[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Knowing.] [OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cn["a]wan; akin to OHG. chn["a]an (in comp.), Icel. kn["a] to be able, Russ. znate to know, L. gnoscere, noscere, Gr. gighw`skein, Skr. jn[=a]; fr. the root of E. can, v. i., ken. [root]45. See Ken, Can to be able, and cf. Acquaint, Cognition, Gnome, Ignore, Noble, Note.]

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

    O, that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come!
    --Shak.

    There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it.
    --Dryden.

    Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
    --Longfellow.

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

  3. 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.

    He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
    --2 Cor. v. 21.

    Not to know me argues yourselves unknown.
    --Milton.

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

    Ye shall know them by their fruits.
    --Matt. vil. 16.

    And their eyes were opened, and they knew him.
    --Luke xxiv. 31.

    To know Faithful friend from flattering foe.
    --Shak.

    At nearer view he thought he knew the dead.
    --Flatman.

  5. To have sexual intercourse with. And Adam knew Eve his wife. --Gen. iv.

    1. Note: Know is often followed by an objective and an infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a dependent sentence, etc.

      And I knew that thou hearest me always.
      --John xi. 4

    2. The monk he instantly knew to be the prior.
      --Sir W. Scott.

      In other hands I have known money do good.
      --Dickens.

      To know how, to understand the manner, way, or means; to have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. How is sometimes omitted. `` If we fear to die, or know not to be patient.''
      --Jer. Taylor.

Knew

Knew \Knew\, imp. of Know.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
knew

Old English cneow, past tense of know (v.).

Wiktionary
knew

vb. (en-simple past of: know)

WordNet
knew

See know

know
  1. v. be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" [syn: cognize, cognise] [ant: ignore]

  2. know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"

  3. be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun"

  4. be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"

  5. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces" [syn: experience, live]

  6. accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" [syn: acknowledge, recognize, recognise]

  7. have fixed in the mind; "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?"

  8. have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk]

  9. know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big show-off"

  10. be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The child knows right from wrong"

  11. perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!"

  12. [also: known, knew]

Wikipedia
KNEW (AM)

KNEW (960 AM) is an American business talk radio station licensed to Oakland, California, which serves the San Francisco Bay Area. The station is owned by The station's studios are located in SoMa district of San Francisco, and the transmitter is located in Oakland at the eastern end of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

KNEW can also be heard in the HD format.

KNEW

KNEW may refer to:

  • The ICAO code for New Orleans Lakefront Airport, located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
  • KNEW (AM), a radio station on 960 kHz, licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, that carries the KNEW call sign as of January 3, 2012.
  • KKSF (AM), a radio station on 910 kHz, licensed to Oakland, California, United States, which carried the KNEW call sign from 1966 to 2012.
  • KJRB, a radio station on 790 kHz, licensed to Spokane, Washington, United States, and formerly known as KNEW (1947–1966)

Usage examples of "knew".

Thou thyself hast borne terms of truce from the kings and princes, whose force is here assembled, to the mighty Soldan, and knewest not, perchance, the full tenor of thine own errand.

Oh, if thou knewest what peace to thyself thy holy life should bring to thyself, and what joy to others, methinketh thou wouldst be more zealous for spiritual profit.

That oughtest thou to know and no man better, said the good man, for thou knewest the daughter of King Pelles fleshly, and on her thou begattest Galahad, and that was he that at the feast of Pentecost sat in the Siege Perilous.