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To have understood. Also: To have become aware.

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Usage examples (24)
  • No matter what happens, there's always somebody who knew it would.
  • Verb (used with object) : I know the situation fully. ,to know a poem by heart; Do you know the way to the park from here? ,I know it. ,to know the...
  • And for the 9/11 discussion: I feel that whoever wrote the title knew 9/11 was going to be brought up.
  • I knew from the beginning whose finger was in the box.
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  • They "knew" (to have knowledge) all about the "new" (not previously discovered) found "gnu" (an African antelope).
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