"know about" meaning in All languages combined

See know about on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: knows about [present, singular, third-person], knowing about [participle, present], knew about [past], known about [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,knew,known>}} know about (third-person singular simple present knows about, present participle knowing about, simple past knew about, past participle known about)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see know, about.
    Sense id: en-know_about-en-verb-Grcr-HnE
  2. (informal, usually negative) To have positive inclinations regarding (someone or something); to have no doubts regarding (someone or something). Tags: informal, negative, usually
    Sense id: en-know_about-en-verb-I7UBo-Dz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "about", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "about": 28 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (literal): saber de/sobre (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'literal': 0 0

Inflected forms

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        "(informal, usually negative) To have positive inclinations regarding (someone or something); to have no doubts regarding (someone or something)."
      ],
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