well-known

well-known (w

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adj.

1. Widely known; familiar or famous: a well-known performer.

2. Fully known: well-known facts.

well-known

adj (well known when postpositive)

1. widely known; famous; celebrated

2. known fully or clearly

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Adj.	1.	well-known - widely or fully known; "a well-known politician"; "well-known facts"; "a politician who is well known"; "these facts are well known" known - apprehended with certainty; "a known quantity"; "the limits of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the world"; "a known criminal"
	2.	well-known - frequently experienced; known closely or intimately; "a long-familiar face"; "a well-known voice reached her ears" long-familiar familiar - well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests"

well-known

adjective

1. famous, important, celebrated, prominent, great, leading, noted, august, popular, familiar, distinguished, esteemed, acclaimed, notable, renowned, eminent, famed, illustrious, on the map, widely known He liked to surround himself with attractive or well-known people.

2. familiar, common, established, popular, everyday, widely known It is a well-known fact that smoking can cause lung cancer.

Translations

well-known [ˌwelˈnəʊn] ADJ [name, brand, person] → muy conocido, famoso
it's a well-known fact that ...; it's well-known that → es bien sabido que ...

well-known [ˌwɛlˈnəʊn] adj → noto/a, famoso/a

well-known → مشهور známý velkendt wohlbekannt πασίγνωστος conocido tunnettu fameux poznat famoso 有名な 잘 알려진 bekend velkjent dobrze znany bem conhecido, bem-conhecido известный välkänd ที่มีชื่อเสียง tanınmış nổi tiếng 众所周知的

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a.k.a. agnise Agnize all-knowing also known as anon. be on the ball be with it best-known better-known cognise cognize divulge famed far-famed keep track knew know know the score	The search was made, and it ended--in William Dane's finding the well-known bag, empty, tucked behind the chest of drawers in Silas's chamber Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context There is another well-known suit in Chancery, not yet decided, which was commenced before the close of the last century and in which more than double the amount of seventy thousand pounds has been swallowed up in costs. Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context A well-known statesman had just asked a friend her age. The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context	well-fitted well-fixed well-formed well-formedness well-fortified well-found well-founded well-furnished well-governed well-groomed well-grooved well-grounded well-grown well-guarded well-handled well-heeled well-hidden well-hung well-illustrated well-informed well-intentioned well-judged well-justified well-kept well-knit well-known well-lighted well-liked Well-liking well-lined well-loved well-made well-man well-man clinic well-managed well-mannered well-marked well-matched Well-meaner well-meaning well-meant well-merited well-mined well-mixed well-motivated Well-natured well-nigh well-nourished well-off well-oiled well-ordered	well-governed well-graded aggregate Well-graded Gravel with Silty Fines well-groomed well-grooved well-grounded well-grounded well-grounded hope well-grounded possibility well-grown well-guarded well-handled WELL-HART well-heeled well-heeled well-heeled well-hidden well-hung well-hung well-illustrated well-informed well-informed well-intentioned well-intentioned well-judged well-judged well-justified well-kept well-knit well-knit well-known Well-Known Address Well-known binary Well-Known Endpoint Well-known Entry Point Well-Known Object Well-known port Well-known port Well-Known Seasoned Issuer Well-known text well-lighted well-liked well-liked Well-liking well-lined Well-Logging Unit well-loved well-made well-made Well-made play well-man well-man clinic well-managed well-mannered well-mannered well-mannered well-marked well-marked well-matched well-matched Well-meaner

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a.k.a.
agnise
Agnize
all-knowing
also known as
anon.
be on the ball
be with it
best-known
better-known
cognise
cognize
divulge
famed
far-famed
keep track
knew
know
know the score

The search was made, and it ended--in William Dane's finding the well-known bag, empty, tucked behind the chest of drawers in Silas's chamber

Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context

There is another well-known suit in Chancery, not yet decided, which was commenced before the close of the last century and in which more than double the amount of seventy thousand pounds has been swallowed up in costs.

Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context

A well-known statesman had just asked a friend her age.

The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

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