| query | If something is u______ to you, you have no knowledge of it.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 motive for the killing is unknown. The length of the war is one of the biggest unknowns. |
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| word | unknown |
| full-definition | adjective 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 motive for the killing is unknown. The length of the war is one of the biggest unknowns. An unknown person is someone whose name you do not know or whose character you do not know anything about. Unknown thieves had forced their way into the apartment. I could not understand how someone with so many awards could be unknown to me. An unknown person is not famous or publicly recognized. He was an unknown writer. ...a popular environment where both established and unknown artists can meet, talk and drink. How had he, a complete unknown, achieved this transformation? If you say that a particular problem or situation is unknown, you mean that it never occurs. Diabetes is virtually unknown in poorer countries. noun The unknown refers generally to things or places that people do not know about or understand. Ignorance of people brings fear, fear of the unknown. |
| inflections | unknowns |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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