Meaning of unknown in English
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Classifying Adjective
unknownDefinitions
1. being or having an unknown or unnamed sourceExamples
- « a poem by an unknown author »
- « corporations responsible to nameless owners »
- « an unnamed donor »
Synonyms
- 2. not known to exist
Examples
- « things obscurely felt surged up from unsuspected depths in her- Edith Wharton »
Synonyms
- 3. not famous or acclaimed
Examples
- « an obscure family »
- « unsung heroes of the war »
Synonyms
- 4. not known before
Examples
- « used many strange words »
- « saw many strange faces in the crowd »
- « don't let anyone unknown into the house »
Synonyms
Noun
unknownDefinitions
1. an unknown and unexplored regionExamples
- « they came like angels out the unknown »
- 2. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
- 3. a variable whose values are solutions of an equation
Qualitative Adjective
unknownDefinitions
1. not knownExamples
- « an unknown amount »
- « an unknown island »
- « an unknown writer »
- « an unknown source »
Synonyms
- chartless
- uncharted
- unmapped
- unbeknown(p)
- unbeknownst(p)
- undiagnosed
- undiscovered
- unexplored
- unheard-of
- unidentified
- transcendent
- unknowable
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