Entry Word: know

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to have a practical understanding of <he knows several languages>

Synonyms comprehend, grasp, understand

Related Words appreciate, apprehend, fathom, perceive; have, possess

Near Antonyms misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misunderstand

2 to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it <a gripping story on orphans who have come to know war> — see experience