English → Hindi
know1
/nəʊ नो/ verb ( pt knew /njuː न्यू/ pp known /nəʊn नोन्/ )
(not used in the continuous tenses)] 1 [I, T] know (about something) ; know that to have knowledge or information in your mind किसी बात या व्यक्ति की जानकारी होना
I don’t know much about sport.
Do you know the way to the restaurant?
2 [T] to be familiar with a person or a place; to have met somebody or been somewhere before किसी व्यक्ति या स्थान से परिचित होना; पहले किसी व्यक्ति से मिला होना या किसी स्थान पर गया होना
We’ve known each other for years.
I don’t know this part of Guwahati.
NOTE पहली बार के परिचय या किसी को देखने और उससे बात करने के प्रसंग में meet क्रिया का प्रयोग किया जाता है
—Peter and I met at university in 1997.
मिलने के बाद जब धीरे-धीरे मित्रता हो जाती है तो get to know somebody प्रयुक्त किया जाता है —Her sister seems very interesting. I’d like to get to know her better.
See और visit उन स्थानों के लिए प्रयोग किया जाता है जहाँ पहली बार जाते हैं —I’d love to go to the States and see/visit San Francisco and New York.
3 [T, I] to feel certain; to be sure of something निश्चित होना; विश्वस्त होना
I just know you’ll pass the exam!
As far as I know [I think it is true but I am not absolutely sure], the meeting is next Monday afternoon.
4 [T, (only in the past and perfect tenses)] to have seen, heard, or experienced something (कुछ) देखा, सुना या अनुभव किया हुआ होना
I’ve known him go a whole day without eating.
It’s been known to snow in June.
5 [T, (usually passive)] know somebody/something as something to give something a particular name; to recognize somebody/something as something किसी वस्तु को कोई विशिष्ट नाम देना; किसी व्यक्ति या वस्तु को मान्यता देना या स्वीकारना
Chennai was previously known as Madras.
6 [T] know how to do something to have learned something and be able to do कुछ सीख लेना और उसे कर पाना
Do you know how to use a computer?
NOTE ध्यान रखिए! क्रिया से पहले how to का प्रयोग होता है।
I know use a computer—
कहना अनुचित होगा। उचित प्रयोग है —I know how to use a computer.
7 [T] to have personal experience of something किसी बात का निजी अनुभव होना
Many people in western countries don’t know what it’s like to be hungry.
NOTE सातत्यबोधक कालों (continuous tenses) में इस क्रिया का प्रयोग नहीं होता है, परंतु वर्तमान कृदंत (present participle) (= ing form) में यह सामान्यतः प्रयुक्त होता है
—Knowing how he’d react if he found out about it, she kept quiet.
IDM
God/goodness/Heaven knows
know better (than that/than to do something) to have enough sense to realize that you should not do something इस विषय में पर्याप्त बोध या समझ होना कि क्या नहीं करना है
know something inside out/like the back of your hand ( informal ) to be very familiar with something किसी बात से पूरी तरह से परिचित होना
know what you are talking about ( informal ) to have knowledge of something from your own experience व्यक्तिगत अनुभव से कोई बात जानना
know what’s what ( informal ) to have all the important information about something; to fully understand something किसी विषय में सारी आवश्यक जानकारी रखना; किसी बात को पूरी तरह समझना
let somebody know to tell somebody; to inform somebody about something किसी को कुछ बताना; किसी व्यक्ति को किसी वस्तु के विषय में सूचित करना
Could you let me know what time you’re arriving?