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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. an unknown and unexplored region;
- Example: "they came like angels out the unknown"
[syn: unknown, unknown region, terra incognita]

2. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found;
[syn: stranger, alien, unknown]

3. a variable whose values are solutions of an equation;
[syn: unknown, unknown quantity]


ADJECTIVE (5)

1. not known;
- Example: "an unknown amount"
- Example: "an unknown island"
- Example: "an unknown writer"
- Example: "an unknown source"

2. being or having an unknown or unnamed source;
- Example: "a poem by an unknown author"
- Example: "corporations responsible to nameless owners"
- Example: "an unnamed donor"
[syn: nameless, unidentified, unknown, unnamed]

3. not known to exist;
- Example: "things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths"

4. not famous or acclaimed;
- Example: "an obscure family"
- Example: "unsung heroes of the war"
[syn: obscure, unknown, unsung]

5. not known before;
- Example: "used many strange words"
- Example: "saw many strange faces in the crowd"
- Example: "don't let anyone unknown into the house"
[syn: strange, unknown]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Unknown \Un*known"\, a.
   Not known; not apprehended. -- Un*known"ness, n. [R.]
   --Camden.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

unknown
    adj 1: not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an
           unknown writer"; "an unknown source" [ant: known]
    2: being or having an unknown or unnamed source; "a poem by an
       unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless
       owners"; "an unnamed donor" [syn: nameless, unidentified,
       unknown, unnamed]
    3: not known to exist; "things obscurely felt surged up from
       unknown depths"
    4: not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes
       of the war" [syn: obscure, unknown, unsung]
    5: not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many
       strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into
       the house" [syn: strange, unknown]
    n 1: an unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels
         out the unknown" [syn: unknown, unknown region, terra
         incognita]
    2: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they
       are found [syn: stranger, alien, unknown] [ant:
       acquaintance, friend]
    3: a variable whose values are solutions of an equation [syn:
       unknown, unknown quantity]