WELL-KNOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does well-known mean? 

• WELL-KNOWN (adjective)
  The adjective WELL-KNOWN has 2 senses:

1. widely or fully known

2. frequently experienced; known closely or intimately

  Familiarity information: WELL-KNOWN used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WELL-KNOWN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely or fully known

Context example:

these facts are well known

Similar:

known (apprehended with certainty)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Frequently experienced; known closely or intimately

Synonyms:

long-familiar; well-known

Context example:

a well-known voice reached her ears

Similar:

familiar (well known or easily recognized)

 Context examples 

“But if he is so well-known for what he is,” I queried, “how is it that he can get men to ship with him?”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It was strange under these altered surroundings to see the old, well-known faces and figures.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Vitamin D-3 is already well-known for its role in bone health.

(Vitamin D-3 Could 'Reverse' Damage to Heart, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It’s well-known that active sand dunes migrate.

(Sand dunes can ‘communicate’ with each other, University of Cambridge)

Investigation in which data are collected from a number of subjects over a long period of time (a well-known example is the Framingham Study).

(Longitudinal Study, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

How I looked forward to catch the first view of the well-known woods!

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Your discretion is as well-known as your powers, and you are the one man in the world who can help me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And you, ye well-known trees!—but you will continue the same.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

W40 is about 1,400 light-years from the Sun, about the same distance as the well-known Orion nebula, although the two are almost 180 degrees apart in the sky.

('Space Butterfly' Is Home to Hundreds of Baby Stars, NASA)

The test works with a blood sample and uses a well-known lab technique called ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay).

(New blood test to detect Zika approved in Brazil, SciDev.Net)