"in the know" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in the know, {{en-PP}} in the know
  1. Informed, aware. Translations (informed, aware): عَلَى عِلْم (ʕalā ʕilm) (Arabic), տեղյակ (teġyak) (Armenian), բիթի (bitʻi) (Armenian), al corrent (Catalan), 知情 (zhīqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 有知識的 (Chinese Mandarin), 有知识的 (yǒu zhīshi de) (Chinese Mandarin), informeret (Danish), velinformeret (Danish), ingeweid (Dutch), teadlik (Estonian), tietävä (Finnish), au courant (French), au parfum [colloquial] (French), eingeweiht (German), im Bilde über etwas sein (German), tájékozott (Hungarian), beavatott (Hungarian), jól értesült (Hungarian), képben van (Hungarian), al corrente (Italian), wtajemniczony (Polish), informado [masculine] (Portuguese), atento [masculine] (Portuguese), в ку́рсе (v kúrse) (Russian), informado (Spanish), al loro [colloquial] (Spanish), en el ajo [colloquial] (Spanish), al tanto (Spanish), en la pomada [colloquial] (Spanish), обі́знаний (obíznanyj) (Ukrainian), в ку́рсі (v kúrsi) (Ukrainian)

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for in the know meaning in English (4.7kB)

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          "sense": "informed, aware",
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          "sense": "informed, aware",
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      "word": "عَلَى عِلْم"
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      "sense": "informed, aware",
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      "sense": "informed, aware",
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      "sense": "informed, aware",
      "word": "teadlik"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "informed, aware",
      "word": "tietävä"
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      "sense": "informed, aware",
      "word": "au courant"
    },
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      "sense": "informed, aware",
      "word": "eingeweiht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "informed, aware",
      "word": "im Bilde über etwas sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "informed, aware",
      "word": "tájékozott"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "informed, aware",
      "word": "beavatott"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "informed, aware",
      "word": "jól értesült"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "informed, aware",
      "word": "képben van"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "informed, aware",
      "word": "al corrente"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "informed, aware",
      "word": "wtajemniczony"
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      "sense": "informed, aware",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "informed, aware",
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      "word": "atento"
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      "roman": "v kúrse",
      "sense": "informed, aware",
      "word": "в ку́рсе"
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      "sense": "informed, aware",
      "word": "informado"
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      "sense": "informed, aware",
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      "word": "en el ajo"
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      "sense": "informed, aware",
      "word": "al tanto"
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      "sense": "informed, aware",
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      "word": "en la pomada"
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      "roman": "obíznanyj",
      "sense": "informed, aware",
      "word": "обі́знаний"
    },
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      "roman": "v kúrsi",
      "sense": "informed, aware",
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