unknown adj

1 not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source" [ant: known]

2 being or having an unknown or unnamed source; "a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor" [syn: nameless, unidentified, unnamed]

3 not known to exist; "things obscurely felt surged up from unsuspected depths in her"- Edith Wharton

4 not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war" [syn: obscure, unsung]

5 not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house" [syn: strange]

1 an unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels out the unknown" [syn: unknown region, terra incognita]

2 anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found [syn: stranger, alien]

3 a variable whose values are solutions of an equation [syn: unknown quantity]

English

Pronunciation

• (UK): /ʌnˈnəʊn/, /Vn"n@Un/
• (US): , /ʌnˈnoʊn/, /Vn"noUn/

Adjective

1. Not known; unidentified; not well known.

Synonyms

• anonymous
• unfamiliar
• uncharted
• undiscovered
• unexplored
• unidentified
• unnamed
• unrecognized
• unrevealed
• unascertained
• obscure
• unsung

Translations

Noun

1. In algebra, a variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
2. Any fact or place about which nothing is known. (as in the phrase "into the unknown")

Unknown may refer to:

• a lack of knowledge
• a variable to be solved for in a mathematical equation
• an actor or footballer or singer who is not yet famous
• John Doe, an unknown person

• Unknown unknown, an unanticipated uncertainty in a formal decision model
• Unknown (film), a 2006 movie
• Unknown (magazine), a fantasy magazine published from 1939-1943
• Unknown (Tekken), the final boss and last time-released character of Tekken Tag Tournament
• The Unknown MC, a member in DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies
• The Unknown Comic, the stage name for Canadian-American actor and stand-up comic Murray Langston who usually appeared with a paper bag over his head
• Xemnas, also known as Unknown, an antagonist in the video game Kingdom Hearts II

See also

• Unknown date, e.g. unknown date of a birth or death
• Unknown bug
• Unown, a Pokémon species
• Unknown soldier (disambiguation)

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