unknown
adjective/ˌʌnˈnəʊn/
Слово англійською: unknown
Переклад unknown українською: невідо́мий, незна́ний, незнайо́мий
Детальний опис
- not known or identified
- A previously unknown group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
- He was trying, for some unknown reason, to count the stars.
- The man's identity remains unknown.
- An unknown number of civilians were killed or injured in the attack.
- patients suffering from fevers of unknown origin
- unknown to somebody/something a species of insect hitherto unknown to science
- (of people) not famous or well known
- She was then still relatively unknown.
- The author is virtually unknown outside Poland.
- a film with a largely unknown cast
- an unknown actor
- never happening or existing
- unknown in… The disease is as yet unknown in Europe (= there have been no cases there).
- it is unknown for somebody/something to do something It was not unknown for people to have to wait several hours (= it happened sometimes).
- It is virtually unknown for foxes to attack anyone.
- a period of democratic development unknown in their country until now
Idioms
an unknown quantity
- a person or thing whose qualities or abilities are not yet known
unknown to somebody
- without the person mentioned being aware of it
- Unknown to me, he had already signed the agreement.