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Well-known

//ˌwɛlˈnoʊn// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Familiar, famous, renowned, noted or widely known.

    "Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells."

  2. 2
    Generally recognized; reserved for some usual purpose. not-comparable

    "We would like to catalog other sockets which are supposed to be well-known"

Adjective
  1. 1
    frequently experienced; known closely or intimately wordnet
  2. 2
    widely or fully known wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English well knowen. By surface analysis, well + known.

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