knowing of
knowing of is the present participle and gerund of know of.
Meaning of know of
Verb
know of (third-person singular simple present knows of, present participle knowing of, simple past knew of, past participle known of)
- To be aware of the existence of someone or something, but to have little or no other knowledge beyond that point.
- To know about a specific individual by reputation without having met them.
- I do not know Jane Smith but I know of her.
Questions about knowing of
- What is knowing of the present participle and gerund of?
- Knowing of is the present participle and gerund of know of.
Words near knowing of in the dictionary
- knowing how to walk before one can run
- knowing if one is Arthur or Martha
- knowing inside and out
- knowing like the back of one's hand
- knowing no bounds
- knowing of
- knowing on what side one's bread is buttered
- knowing one's arse from one's elbow
- knowing one's ass from a hole in the ground
- knowing one's ass from one's elbow
- knowing one's head from a hole in the ground
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Adapted from Wiktionary: knowing of (page history and authors); know of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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