Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: well-known
IPA transcription: [w'ɛln'oʊn]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: well-known
    Meaning: widely or fully known; "a well-known politician"; "well-known facts"; "a politician who is well known"; "these facts are well known"
  • Synonyms: long-familiar, well-known(a)
    Meaning: frequently experienced; known closely or intimately; "a long-familiar face"; "a well-known voice reached her ears"
Usage examples
  • A well-known children's rhyme runs:--
  • His physical strength, well-known to every one, put him above all danger of attack.
  • Malthus was a well-known capitalist, who had made his money by speculation in railway shares.
  • She also received the kindest countenance from Mr Philip Miller, a well-known writer on horticulture.
  • "As long as a member of a well-known family is backed up by that family it should be considered--final."
  • I have not alluded to the well-known noise made by the Death's Head Sphinx, for it is generally heard soon after the moth has emerged from its cocoon.
  • The sight of the well-known writing gave him a shock of mingled surprise and hope, and his fingers were faintly tremulous as they tore open the envelope.
  • "Bravo, Jos!" said Mr. Sedley; on hearing the bantering of which well-known voice, Jos instantly relapsed into an alarmed silence, and quickly took his departure.
  • On the death of her husband, she had sent for his second cousin, who at that time was in the employ of a well-known New York jewelry house, and he agreed to come to her.
  • The business of hotel-keeping we have referred to in a previous chapter, and it is a well-known fact that unless a hotel-keeper has a capable wife, his business will not succeed.