unknown

  • 1Unknown — may refer to: * a lack of knowledge * a variable to be solved for in a mathematical equation * an actor or footballer or singer who is not yet famous * John Doe, an unknown person* Unknown unknown, an unanticipated uncertainty in a formal… …

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  • 2unknown — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not known or familiar. ► NOUN ▪ an unknown person or thing. ● unknown to Cf. ↑unknown to …

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  • 3unknown — [unnōn′] adj. not known; specif., a) not in the knowledge, understanding, or acquaintance of someone; unfamiliar (to) b) not discovered, identified, determined, explored, etc. n. 1. an unknown person or thing 2. an unknown mathematical quantity:… …

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  • 4unknown — (adj.) c.1300, strange, unfamiliar (of persons, places), from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of KNOW (Cf. know). Cf. O.E. ungecnawen. In ref. to facts, attested from early 14c. The noun meaning unknown person is recorded from 1590s …

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  • 5unknown to — ► unknown to without the knowledge of. Main Entry: ↑unknown …

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  • 6Unknown — Un*known , a. Not known; not apprehended. {Un*known ness}, n. [R.] Camden. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 7unknown — index anonymous, blind (concealed), clandestine, covert, defunct, disputable, hidden, inexplicable …

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  • 8unknown — [adj] obscure, mysterious alien, anonymous, concealed, dark, desolate, distant, exotic, far, faraway, far off, foreign, hidden, humble, incog*, incognito, little known, nameless, new, remote, secret, so and so*, strange, such and such*,… …

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  • 9unknown — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 place/thing that you know nothing about ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great ▪ What the weather will be like on the day is, as always, the great unknown. VERB + UNKNOWN ▪ explore, face …

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  • 10unknown — [[t]ʌ̱nno͟ʊn[/t]] ♦♦♦ unknowns 1) ADJ If something is unknown to you, you have no knowledge of it. An unknown number of demonstrators were arrested... How did you expect us to proceed on such a perilous expedition, through unknown terrain... The… …

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