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    Unknown

    Definitions

    1 | adjective | not known 2 | adjective | being or having an unknown or unnamed source 3 | adjective | not known to exist 4 | adjective | not famous or acclaimed 5 | adjective | not known before 6 | noun | an unknown and unexplored region 7 | noun | anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found 8 | noun | a variable whose values are solutions of an equation (8 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    uhnn'ohn (IPA: ənnˈoʊn)

    Hyphenation

    un-known (7 letters | 2 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1300 (High Middle ages) (725 years ago)

    Word origin

    Old English

    Overall typical frequency

    written: 2149th most common (1 in 20833 words) ( > 99% adjective | 0% noun)

    spoken: 4083rd most common (1 in 200000 words)

    (includes some inflected forms)

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    unknowns

    Synonyms

    nameless | unidentified | unnamed | obscure | unsung | strange | terra incognita | unknown region | alien | stranger | unknown quantity (total: 11)

    Antonyms

    known | famous

    Narrower terms

    foreigner | outsider

    Broader terms

    region | interloper | intruder | trespasser | variable (total: 5)

    Rhymes

    alone | atone | bemoan | blown | bone | bourguignon | clone | cologne | condone | cone | crone | cyclone | dethrone | disown | drone | ... (total: 46) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    unbeknown

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    unknown quantity | unknown region

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 未詳的 (adjective) Hindi: | अज्ञात (adjective) Arabic: | مَجهول (adjective) Spanish: | desconocido (general) French: | inconnu (general)

    Other notable uses

    Unknown (female, US rank: 3474th) | Unknown (male, US rank: 2083rd)

    By Persons Unknown (Barbara Amiel, George Jonas)

    X the Unknown | Unknown White Male | Unknown | Toward the Unknown | The Unknown Purple | ... (total: 10)

    unknown.com | unknown.net | unknown.info | unknown.biz

    Crossword puzzle clue

    Hardly a celebrity (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    14 (International English) | 14 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) 865-6696

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