Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knew

/ˈn(j)u/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.20 in modern English

Syllables: knew
IPA: /ˈn(j)u/

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of know

verb

past participle of know

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"I'll say I've knew this some time and tried to stop it—it was my business to stop it."
"[…]I've knew people that if they got a rag rug on the floor and a kewpie doll lamp on the phonograph they think they're runnin' a parlor house.'"
"Oh, I figured you would've knew. That's where I met Ham and he got me in the DA's office. That was years ago.""

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈn(j)u/
British English: /ˈnjuː/

Usage

Colloquial

Homonyms

new

Rhymes With

to you do who to-do new two too through few true due

Questions

How do you pronounce knew?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈn(j)u/.
What does knew mean?: simple past of know

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