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Sooner or later you must move down an unknown road that leads beyond the range of the imagination, and the only certainty is that the trip has to be made.
Bruce Catton

Meaning of "unknown" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNKNOWN

unknown  [ʌnˈnəʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNKNOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unknown can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNKNOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unknown in the English dictionary

The first definition of unknown in the dictionary is not known, understood, or recognized. Other definition of unknown is not established, identified, or discovered. Unknown is also not famous; undistinguished.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNKNOWN


acknowne
ækˈnəʊn
anthraquinone
ˌænθrəkwɪˈnəʊn
beknown
bɪˈnəʊn
benzophenone
ˌbɛnzəʊfɪˈnəʊn
benzoquinone
ˌbɛnzəʊkwɪˈnəʊn
butanone
ˈbjuːtəˌnəʊn
foreknown
fɔːˈnəʊn
hydroquinone
ˌhaɪdrəʊkwɪˈnəʊn
ionone
ˈaɪəˌnəʊn
known
nəʊn
lesser-known
ˈlesəˌnəʊn
little-known
ˌlɪtəlˈnəʊn
menaquinone
ˌmɛnəkwɪˈnəʊn
phylloquinone
ˌfɪləʊkwɪˈnəʊn
propanone
ˈprəʊpəˌnəʊn
quinone
kwɪˈnəʊn
rotenone
ˈrəʊtɪˌnəʊn
ubiquinone
juːˈbɪkwɪˌnəʊn
unbeknown
ˌʌnbɪˈnəʊn
unforeknown
ˌʌnfɔːˈnəʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNKNOWN

unknightliness
unknightly
unknit
unknitted
unknitting
unknot
unknowability
unknowable
unknowableness
unknowably
unknowing
unknowingly
unknowingness
unknowledgeable
unknown country
unknown factor
unknown quantity
Unknown Soldier
Unknown Warrior
unknownness

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNKNOWN

blown
breakdown
Bridgetown
brown
clown
countdown
crown
down
downtown
grown
on one´s own
out-of-town
own
Provincetown
renown
shown
takedown
thrown
town
well-known

Synonyms and antonyms of unknown in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNKNOWN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unknown» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unknown

Translation of «unknown» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNKNOWN

Find out the translation of unknown to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unknown from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unknown» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不知道的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desconocido
570 millions of speakers

English

unknown
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अज्ञात
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَجْهُول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неизвестный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desconhecido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অজানা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inconnu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak diketahui
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unbekannt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

未知の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

알려지지 않은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora dingerteni
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không được biết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தெரியாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अज्ञात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bilinmeyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sconosciuto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieznany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невідомий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

necunoscut
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άγνωστος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbekende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

okänd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ukjent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unknown

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNKNOWN»

The term «unknown» is very widely used and occupies the 2.032 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNKNOWN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unknown» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unknown» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unknown

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10 QUOTES WITH «UNKNOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unknown.
1
A. R. Ammons
For though we often need to be restored to the small, concrete, limited, and certain, we as often need to be reminded of the large, vague, unlimited, unknown.
2
Naveen Andrews
The unknown is always frightening.
3
Henry Walter Bates
The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill a reputation, were almost unknown.
4
Samantha Bee
I was totally unknown in the television and film industry in Canada.
5
Alexis Bledel
For some unknown reason, bad-boys draw you in despite the fact that they are jerks.
6
Bruce Catton
Sooner or later you must move down an unknown road that leads beyond the range of the imagination, and the only certainty is that the trip has to be made.
7
Eduardo Chillida
One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
8
Steven Chu
By the fourth grade, I graduated to an erector set and spent many happy hours constructing devices of unknown purpose where the main design criterion was to maximize the number of moving parts and overall size.
9
Joel Coen
The point at which we worked with some of these actors, they weren't really stars yet. Nicolas Cage was not a big star when we did Raising Arizona. A lot of these people were also virtually unknown, too, when we worked with them first.
10
Diana Cooper
It helped me in the air to keep my small mind contained in earthly human limits, not lost in vertiginous space and elements unknown.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNKNOWN»

Discover the use of unknown in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unknown and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Galaxy Unknown
June 6th, 2267 - A life-pod, missed by rescuers following the mysterious explosion of a Space Command vessel a decade earlier, is discovered by a passing freighter in deep space.
Thomas DePrima, 2010
2
Unknown: A Novel
Is it conspiracy? Amnesia? An elaborate hoax or his own paranoid delusion? Part moral fable, part thriller, Unknown is a fast-paced tale of one man's desperate attempt to reclaim his existence-even at the cost of his own life. Watch a Video
Didier van Cauwelaert, 2011
3
Known and Unknown: A Memoir
Few Americans have spent more time near the center of power than Donald Rumsfeld, whose widely commented-on memoir offers many previously undisclosed details about his service with four U.S. presidents.
Donald Rumsfeld, 2011
4
Address Unknown: The Homeless in America
Finding the origins of the problem to be social and political rather than economic, Wright (human relations, Tulane) outlines remedies based on existing and modified social and health services. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95.
James D. Wright, 2009
5
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Modern Mourning, and the ...
Laura Wittman argues that this monument established a connection between the wounded body vulnerable to the war machine and a modern identity defined by common mortality and social alienation.
Laura Wittman, 2011
6
The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight Into Beauty
The founder of the Japanese craft movement shares his ideas on the aesthetic value and importance of Oriental folk art Mr. Yanagi sees folk art as a manifestation of the essential world from which art, philosophy, and religion arise and in ...
Muneyoshi Yanagi, 1989
7
The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space
A look beyond design process and buildings aimed at discovering new ways of looking at the urban experience.
Iain Borden, 2002
8
Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love
Message. from. an. Unknown. Chinese. Mother. “People often ask me how women in China can give up their babies for adoption. Xinran—in her usual amazing way—has not only found women to tell her exactly why and how they gave up ...
Xinran, 2012
9
Market Education: The Unknown History
In Market Education: The Unknown History, Andrew J. Coulson explores the educational problems facing parents and shows how these problems can best be addressed.
Andrew J. Coulson
10
Whose Names are Unknown: A Novel
She submitted the manuscript for this book in 1939, but it was shelved because of John Steinbeck's 1939 best-selling novel, The grapes of wrath.
Sanora Babb, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNKNOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unknown is used in the context of the following news items.
1
X-Com: Enemy Unknown getting PC-exclusive sequel in November
It's been nearly three years since 2K and Firaxis rebooted the storied X-Com franchise with the well-received Enemy Unknown. Since then, fans of alien-themed, ... «Ars Technica, Jun 15»
2
Partners Unknown: Anthony Bourdain Joins Forces With Travel Startup
The Parts Unknown star announced on Wednesday that he has invested in the three-year-old digital magazine Roads & Kingdoms, which publishes longform ... «Inc.com, May 15»
3
It's Not Rude: These Portraits Of Wounded Vets Are Meant To Be …
That's the message you get from photographer David Jay's Unknown Soldier series. Jay spent three years taking portraits of veterans returning from the wars in ... «NPR, May 15»
4
Hundreds of strangers turn out for funeral after appeal for unknown
The child was found dead, wrapped in a blanket on an old railway path in the Seafield area of Edinburgh in July 2013. In a touching gesture by the community, ... «mirror.co.uk, May 15»
5
Tomb of Unknown Queen Discovered in Egypt
It's the "first time we have discovered the name of this queen who had been unknown before the discovery of her tomb," antiquities minister Mamdouh al-Damaty ... «Live Science, Jan 15»
6
Swiss landslide kills 2; unknown number missing
BERLIN -- Police say a landslide has buried a residential building in southern Switzerland, leaving two people dead, four injured and an unknown number ... «CTV News, Nov 14»
7
Pope hails the poor, homeless as 'unknown saints'
ROME – Pope Francis has paid tribute to what he calls the “unknown saints” — those who flee war, hunger, and poverty, the jobless, and the homeless. Francis ... «Crux: Covering all things Catholic, Nov 14»
8
Parts Unknown Shanghai: Just the One-Liners
Season four of Anthony Bourdain's CNN travelogue Parts Unknown started with a philosophical bent: "What are our expectations?" Bourdain asked over an ... «Eater, Sep 14»
9
David Beckham into the Unknown, BBC1 - TV review: 'Brand …
One of the more interesting moments in last night's not-uninteresting BBC1 documentary David Beckham into the Unknown, in which the footballing star and ... «The Independent, Jun 14»
10
David Beckham Into The Unknown: See amazing pictures of Becks …
It took 12 days of travelling 800 miles into the Amazon rainforest for new one off documentary David Beckham Into The Unknown, but finally Beckham found what ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 14»

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