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unknown
[ uhn-nohn ]
adjective
- not known; not within the range of one's knowledge, experience, or understanding; strange; unfamiliar.
- not discovered, explored, identified, or ascertained:
the unknown parts of Antarctica.
- not widely known; not famous; obscure:
an unknown writer.
noun
- a thing, influence, area, factor, or person that is unknown:
the many unknowns in modern medicine; The director cast an unknown in the leading role.
- Mathematics. a symbol representing an unknown quantity: in algebra, analysis, etc., frequently represented by a letter from the last part of the alphabet, as x, y, or z.
unknown
/ ʌˈəʊ /
adjective
- not known, understood, or recognized
- not established, identified, or discovered
an unknown island
- not famous; undistinguished
some unknown artist
- unknown quantitya person or thing whose action, effect, etc, is unknown or unpredictable
noun
- an unknown person, quantity, or thing
- maths a variable, or the quantity it represents, the value of which is to be discovered by solving an equation; a variable in a conditional equation
3y = 4x + 5 is an equation in two unknowns
Derived Forms
- ܲˈԴǷɲԲԱ, noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
The extent to which musical performances will feature is unknown.
The identity of the next “Bond” star remains unknown — at least publicly — as the “Bond” franchise enters its Amazon era.
There is a huge element of the unknown here, and plenty of other factors are in play when businesses make decisions on investment and employment.
Has a habit of coming second - finishing runner-up in 11 of his 26 races - and this distance is a real unknown.
Brown fled the scene southbound on South Central Avenue and his whereabouts remain unknown, sheriff’s officials said.
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