know about in English

Forms: knows about [present, singular, third-person], knowing about [participle, present], knew about [past], known about [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|know<,,knew,known> about}} know about (third-person singular simple present knows about, present participle knowing about, simple past knew about, past participle known about)

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knows about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knowing about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knew about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "known about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see know, about."
      ],
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          "about",
          "about#English"
        ]
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't know about him."
        },
        {
          "text": "You never know about that family."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have positive inclinations regarding (someone or something); to have no doubts regarding (someone or something)."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, usually negative) To have positive inclinations regarding (someone or something); to have no doubts regarding (someone or something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "know about"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"about\"",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knows about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knowing about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knew about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "known about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see know, about."
      ],
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        [
          "know",
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        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't know about him."
        },
        {
          "text": "You never know about that family."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have positive inclinations regarding (someone or something); to have no doubts regarding (someone or something)."
      ],
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        "(informal, usually negative) To have positive inclinations regarding (someone or something); to have no doubts regarding (someone or something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "know about"
}

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"know about" meaning in English

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