How to use known in a sentence. If someone or something is known for a particular achievement or feature, they are familiar to many people because of that achievement or feature. Idiom make yourself known (definition of known from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus © cambridge university press) See examples of known used in a sentence. In this instance, the only known is our actual profit margin American heritage® dictionary of the english language, fifth edition
Copyright © 2016 by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. To have knowledge or clear and certain perception, as of fact or truth Have information, as about something Idioms know the ropes, [informal.]to understand or be familiar with the particulars of a subject or business He knew the ropes better than anyone else in politics There are eight meanings listed in oed's entry for the word known, three of which are labelled obsolete
