OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 6068

unknown

/ʌn(ˈn)əʊn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
desconocido • ignoto
Not known; unidentified; not well known.
I suspect that this large and complex military railway system, shrouded in official secrecy for most of its operational life, remains unknown to many people.
The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three r…
Phrases
📚 noun • entry_id 6069

unknown

/ʌn(ˈn)əʊn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
incógnita
A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
desconocido
Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.
Had God walked close beside her into the unknown?
I think I learned more from my family than they did from me in the brief idyllic time we spent together. None of them much more than a mile from home, they carried the aura of a cl…
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