adjective
known
Recognized or established as fact.
Regular exercise has known benefits for both body and mind.
Etymology
Known is the inherited participle of know. It describes what has entered someone’s knowledge or is accepted as established information.
More examples
- The inspector checks the bridge for known structural problems.
- There is no known cure for this disease.
- The cause of the outage is not yet known.
Forms
known
know verb — To have information or awareness about something.
Similar words
- established
- Established emphasizes acceptance based on evidence or repeated experience.
- confirmed
- Confirmed indicates that evidence has verified something previously uncertain.