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unknown
English
Etymology
From un- +? known, past participle of know. Compare Old English ungecnawen.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?n??n/
- (US) enPR: ?n-n?n?, IPA(key): /?n?no?n/
Adjective
unknown (comparative more unknown, superlative most unknown)
- (sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.
- Synonyms: anonymous, unfamiliar, uncharted, undiscovered, unexplored, unidentified, unnamed, unrecognized, unrevealed, unascertained, obscure, unsung
- Antonyms: well-known, famous, known
Derived terms
- unknown quantity
Translations
Noun
unknown (plural unknowns)
- (algebra) A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
- Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.
- A person of no identity; a nonentity
- 1965, Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone"
- How does it feel
- To be on your own
- With no direction home
- Like a complete unknown
- Like a rolling stone?
- 1965, Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone"
Translations
Verb
unknown
- past participle of unknow
unknown From the web:
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wonder
English
Etymology
From Middle English wonder, wunder, from Old English wundor (“wonder, miracle, marvel”), from Proto-Germanic *wundr?. Cognate with Scots wunner (“wonder”), West Frisian wonder, wûnder (“wonder, miracle”), Dutch wonder (“miracle, wonder”), Low German wunner, wunder (“wonder”), German Wunder (“miracle, wonder”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish under (“wonder, miracle”), Icelandic undur (“wonder”).
The verb is from Middle English wondren, from Old English wundrian, which is from Proto-Germanic *wundr?n?. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wunnerje, West Frisian wûnderje, Dutch wonderen, German Low German wunnern, German wundern, Swedish undra, Icelandic undra.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w?nd?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?w?nd?/
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
- Hyphenation: won?der
Noun
wonder (countable and uncountable, plural wonders)
- Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
- Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable.
- Someone very talented at something, a genius.
- The sense or emotion which can be inspired by something curious or unknown; surprise; astonishment, often with awe or reverence.
- 1781, Samuel Johnson, The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
- All wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance.
- 1871, Plato, Benjamin Jowett (translator), Theaetetus (section 155d)
- Socrates: I see, my dear Theaetetus, that Theodorus had a true insight into your nature when he said that you were a philosopher, for wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. He was not a bad genealogist who said that Iris (the messenger of heaven) is the child of Thaumas (wonder).
- 1781, Samuel Johnson, The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
- (Britain, informal) A mental pondering, a thought.
- (US) A kind of donut; a cruller.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
wonder (third-person singular simple present wonders, present participle wondering, simple past and past participle wondered)
- (intransitive) To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.
- October 8, 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 163
- Some had read the manuscript, and rectified its inaccuracies; others had seen it in a state so imperfect, that the could not forbear to wonder at its present excellence.
- October 8, 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 163
- (transitive, intransitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- bewonder
- forwonder
- unwonder
- wonderer
Synonyms
- thauma
Translations
Anagrams
- Nedrow, Rowden, Worden, downer, red won, wondre
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wonder, wunder, from Old Dutch wundar, from Proto-Germanic *wundr?, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”). Compare Low German wunder, wunner, German Wunder, West Frisian wonder, wûnder, English wonder, Danish under.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???n.d?r/
- Hyphenation: won?der
- Rhymes: -?nd?r
Noun
wonder n (plural wonderen, diminutive wondertje n)
- wonder, miracle
Synonyms
- mirakel
Derived terms
- wonderteken
- wonderlijk
Anagrams
- worden
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- what wonders were found on the island
- what wonder weapons are in firebase z
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