ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Knew

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈnjuː/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Knew is a verb meaning simple past of know.

Meaning

simple past of know.

More Meanings

  1. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of know

Example Sentences

I'll say I've knew this some time and tried to stop it—it was my business to stop it.
Oh, I figured you would've knew. That's where I met Ham and he got me in the DA's office. That was years ago."
[…]I've knew people that if they got a rag rug on the floor and a kewpie doll lamp on the phonograph they think they're runnin' a parlor house.'

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include did, got, aware, faced, recognized, understood.

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