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{
"term": "unknown",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "not known or identified",
"sensetop": "unknown to somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "A **previously unknown** group claimed responsibility for the bombing."
},
{
"text": "He was trying, **for some unknown reason**, to count the stars."
},
{
"text": "The man's identity **remains unknown**."
},
{
"text": "An **unknown number** of civilians were killed or injured in the attack."
},
{
"text": "patients suffering from fevers of unknown origin"
},
{
"text": "a species of insect hitherto unknown to science",
"contextForm": "unknown to somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "His whereabouts were quite unknown during this period."
},
{
"text": "She departed for parts unknown (= nobody knew where she was going)."
},
{
"text": "These sites remain largely unknown to the British public."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "remain"],
"adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "quite"],
"preposition": ["to"],
"phrases": [
"for parts unknown",
"to parts unknown",
"for reasons unknown"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not famous or well known",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was then still **relatively unknown**."
},
{
"text": "The author is **virtually unknown** outside Poland."
},
{
"text": "a film with a **largely unknown** cast"
},
{
"text": "an unknown actor"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "remain"],
"adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "quite"],
"preposition": ["to"],
"phrases": [
"for parts unknown",
"to parts unknown",
"for reasons unknown"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "never happening or existing",
"sensetop": "unknown in…it is unknown for somebody/something to do something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The disease is as yet unknown in Europe *(= there have been no cases there)*.",
"contextForm": "unknown in…"
},
{
"text": "It was **not unknown** for people to have to wait several hours *(= it happened sometimes)*.",
"contextForm": "it is unknown for somebody/something to do something"
},
{
"text": "It is virtually unknown for foxes to attack anyone."
},
{
"text": "a period of democratic development unknown in their country until now"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "remain"],
"adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "quite"],
"preposition": ["to"],
"phrases": [
"for parts unknown",
"to parts unknown",
"for reasons unknown"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a person or thing whose qualities or abilities are not yet known",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "without the person mentioned being aware of it",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Unknown to me, he had already signed the agreement."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌʌnˈnəʊn/",
"audio": "un/unknown/unknown__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌʌnˈnəʊn/",
"audio": "un/unknown/unknown__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}