Dictionary

well-known en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˌwɛlˈnəʊn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌwɛlˈnoʊn/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English well knowen. By surface analysis, well + known.

Meanings

1. Familiar, famous, renowned, noted or widely known.
   • Less well-known is NR's High Marnham test track, which occupies part of the former Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (LDECR) Chesterfield-Lincoln line in Nottinghamshire. 2024 November 27, Ben Jones, “Testing trains, tracks and systems”, in RAIL, number 1023, page 33:
   • Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
   • Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer. 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:
   • At 6 weeks and 9 months, the babies’ motor skills were tested using the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales, a well-known assessment tool that looks at gross, fine and total motor abilities. 2017 June 9, Susan Scutti, “Study links mosquito spray to delayed motor skills in babies”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022:
   • There are a number of diseases that are considered to be universally fatal. AIDS and rabies encephalitis are well-known examples. 1997, Norris McWhirter (editor), The Guinness Book of World Records 1997, page 29:
2. (not-comparable) Generally recognized; reserved for some usual purpose.
   • We would like to catalog other sockets which are supposed to be well-known 1972, Vint Cerf, Jon Postel, RFC 322 - Well known socket numbers:
   • A common approach is for the server to accept messages at a well-known port. 2007, Larry L Peterson, Bruce S Davie, Computer networks: a systems approach:
   • If the call to this function fails, you can assume the SID was invalid — even if it's a well-known SID. 2003, John Mueller, .NET development security solutions:

Forms

Antonyms

little-known

Relateds

celebrity

Synonyms

twice-told · noted

Translations (66)

la nōtus (familiar, widely known) · gl sabido (familiar, widely known) · nn kjent (familiar, widely known) · mk познат (familiar, widely known) · ka საყოველთაოდ ცნობილი (familiar, widely known) · hu közismert (familiar, widely known) · la perspectus (familiar, widely known) · sw maalum (familiar, widely known) · cmn 眾所周知 /众所周知 (familiar, widely known) · ha shahararre (familiar, widely known) · ml പ്രശസ്ത (familiar, widely known) · ja 名高い (familiar, widely known) · it popolare (familiar, widely known) · mk добропознат (familiar, widely known) · ga iomráiteach (familiar, widely known) · nb velkjent (familiar, widely known) · lt gerai žinomas (familiar, widely known) · de wohl bekannt (familiar, widely known) · it famoso (familiar, widely known) · de wohlbekannt (familiar, widely known) · ru изве́стный (familiar, widely known) · ka ფართოდ ცნობილი (familiar, widely known) · fi tunnettu (familiar, widely known) · ka ცნობილი (familiar, widely known) · hi लोकप्रिय (familiar, widely known) · hi प्रसिद्ध (familiar, widely known) · it rinomato (familiar, widely known) · es de marras (familiar, widely known) · sk známy (familiar, widely known) · ml അറിയപ്പെടുന്ന (familiar, widely known) · ha shahararru (familiar, widely known) · cmn 有名 (familiar, widely known) · it noto (familiar, widely known) · hi बहुचर्चित (familiar, widely known) · ka სახელგანთქმული (familiar, widely known) · he מוכר (familiar, widely known) · it celebre (familiar, widely known) · nn velkjent (familiar, widely known) · bg известен (familiar, widely known) · ga aithnidiúil (familiar, widely known) · fr bien connu (familiar, widely known) · nn kjend (familiar, widely known) · nb kjent (familiar, widely known) · cmn 著名 (familiar, widely known) · ota بللی (familiar, widely known) · fi tuttu (familiar, widely known) · es consabido (familiar, widely known) · da velkendt (familiar, widely known) · eo konata (familiar, widely known) · bg познат (familiar, widely known) · cs pověstný (familiar, widely known) · ru знамени́тый (familiar, widely known) · ml പേരുകേട്ട (familiar, widely known) · ru выдаю́щийся (familiar, widely known) · sv välbekant (familiar, widely known) · gl ben coñecido (familiar, widely known) · hu híres (familiar, widely known) · nn velkjend (familiar, widely known) · cs dobře známý (familiar, widely known) · de berühmt (familiar, widely known) · vo benosevädik (familiar, widely known) · es famoso (familiar, widely known) · hi विख्यात (familiar, widely known) · hi प्रख्यात (familiar, widely known) · cmn 出名 (familiar, widely known) · ga clúiteach (familiar, widely known)