knew

CEFRA1

/ˈnjuː/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Past tense of know; understood, recognized, or was aware of something.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    past participle of know

Examples

  • From the moment that I knew that the university existed, I've wanted to go there.

  • I knew that today would be fun.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈn(j)u/
  • /nɪu̯/

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • It is reasonable to assume that he knew beforehand that this would happen.

  • I'll say I've knew this some time and tried to stop it—it was my business to stop it.

  • […]I've knew people that if they got a rag rug on the floor and a kewpie doll lamp on the phonograph they think they're runnin' a parlor house.'

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

She blank the answer to every question on the test because she had studied hard.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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