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Collocations for know - verb

1. have information about sth

ADVERB

full well, perfectly well, very well
I don't know for certain, but I think she lives in the next town.
You know very well what I'm talking about!
for certain, for sure
I don't know for certain, but I think she lives in the next town.
just
I just knew there would be problems.
honestly not
I honestly don't know what they mean to do.
beforehand
If I'd known beforehand how bad it would be, I wouldn't have gone.

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VERB + know

let sb
Please let me know (= tell me) if there's anything I can do to help.

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PREPOSITION

about
He knows a lot about music.
of
I don't know of anyone who might be interested in the job.

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PHRASES

be widely known
It is widely known that CFCs can damage the ozone layer.
know a lot, nothing, very little, etc.
you never know
Be prepared for rain—you never know what the weather will be like.

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2. realize

ADVERB

exactly, precisely
I know exactly how you feel.
immediately, instantly
I instantly knew what the call was about.
instinctively
He knew instinctively where he would find her.

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PHRASES

the next thing I, he, etc. knew
The next thing I knew, I was waking up in hospital.

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3. be familiar with sb/sth

ADVERB

well
I don't know John very well.
poorly
The properties of this substance are poorly known.
barely, hardly
But I hardly know the woman!
personally
I don't know them personally.
internationally, nationally

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VERB + know

get to
She's very nice when you get to know her

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PREPOSITION

for
He is internationally known for his work with vaccines.

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PHRASES

be known to sb
This man is known to the police (= as a criminal).
be widely known

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4. (be known as) have a particular name

ADVERB

commonly, popularly
affectionately
collectively
parts of the body known collectively as the sensory system
variously
The drug is variously known as crack or freebase.
locally
formerly, previously
Iran was formerly known as Persia.

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PREPOSITION

to
He was known as Bonzo to his friends.

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Know is used with these nouns as the subject:
scientist

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Know is used with these nouns as the object:
alphabet, answer, basics, cause, custom, danger, difference, enemy, etiquette, extent, fact, fate, feeling, futility, gossip, horror, identity, intention, job, language, limitation, love, manner, motive, name, outcome, pain, password, place, poem, poetry, right, risk, route, routine, rule, secret, short cut, terrain, thing, thought, trick, truth, voice, way, weakness, whereabouts, word, workings, worth

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