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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (usually used with `to') occurring or existing without the knowledge of;
- Example: "a crisis unbeknown to me"
- Example: "she had been ill for months, unbeknownst to the family"
[syn: unbeknown(p), unbeknownst(p)]


ADVERB (1)

1. without someone's knowledge;
- Example: "unbeknownst to me, she made all the arrangements"
[syn: unbeknown, unbeknownst]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Unbeknown \Un`be*known"\, a.
   Not known; unknown. [Colloq.]
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

unbeknown
    adv 1: without someone's knowledge; "unbeknownst to me, she made
           all the arrangements" [syn: unbeknown, unbeknownst]
    adj 1: (usually used with `to') occurring or existing without
           the knowledge of; "a crisis unbeknown to me"; "she had
           been ill for months, unbeknownst to the family" [syn:
           unbeknown(p), unbeknownst(p)]