| Pronunciation: | | un'nown
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| Matching Terms: | | unknow, unknowable, unknowing, unknowingly, unknowingness, unknowledgeable, unknowledged, unknown quantity, unknown region, unknown soldier
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- [n] a variable whose values are solutions of an equation
- [n] an unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels out the unknown"
- [n] anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
- [adj] being or having an unknown or unnamed source; "a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor"
- [adj] not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house"
- [adj] not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war"
- [adj] not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source"
- [adj] not known to exist; "things obscurely felt surged up from unsuspected depths in her"- Edith Wharton
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| | Synonyms: | | alien, anonymous, chartless, dishonorable, inglorious, nameless, obscure, strange, stranger, terra incognita, transcendent, unbeknown(p), unbeknownst(p), uncharted, undiagnosed, undiscovered, unexplored, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unidentified, unknowable, unknown quantity, unknown region, unmapped, unnamed, unsung, unsuspected |
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| | Antonyms: | | known |
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| | See Also: | | foreigner, interloper, intruder, outsider, region, trespasser, unacknowledged, variable |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Un*known"\, a.
Not known; not apprehended. -- {Un*known"ness}, n. [R.]
--Camden.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing an unknown person in your dream means a part of yourself that is repressed and hidden. Alternatively, it symbolizes the archetypal dream helper who is trying to offer some insight and advice. |
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