well-known
/ˌwɛlˈnoʊn/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.30 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Generally recognized; reserved for some usual purpose.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "There are a number of diseases that are considered to be universally fatal. AIDS and rabies encephalitis are well-known examples."
- "Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer."
- "At 6 weeks and 9 months, the babies’ motor skills were tested using the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales, a well-known assessment tool that looks at gross, fine and total motor abilities."
- "Less well-known is NR's High Marnham test track, which occupies part of the former Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (LDECR) Chesterfield-Lincoln line in Nottinghamshire."
- "We would like to catalog other sockets which are supposed to be well-known"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌwɛlˈnoʊn/
- British English: /ˌwɛlˈnəʊn/
Inflected Forms
better-known (comparative)
more well-known (comparative)
best-known (superlative)
most well-known (superlative)
well known (alternative)
wellknown (alternative)