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known quantity

known quantity noun: a person or thing whose nature or value is well known.

Noun

known quantity (plural known quantities)

  1. A person or thing whose nature or value is well known.
    • We try to hire people who are a known quantity in the field of human interface design.

known quantity meaning in Tamil

known quantity in Tamil

தெரிந்தகணியம்

Antonyms of known quantity

Forms of known quantity

pluralknown quantities

Questions about known quantity

What does known quantity mean?
Known quantity means a person or thing whose nature or value is well known.
What is known quantity in Tamil?
Known quantity in Tamil is தெரிந்தகணியம். See Known quantity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is known quantity?
Known quantity is a noun.
What is the plural of known quantity?
The plural of known quantity is known quantities.

Words near known quantity in the dictionary

  1. known one's place
  2. known one's shit
  3. known one's stuff
  4. known one's way around
  5. known quantities
  6. known quantity
  7. known shit from Shinola
  8. known someone
  9. known someone from a can of paint
  10. known someone from a hole in the ground
  11. known someone from a hole in the wall

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Adapted from Wiktionary: known quantity (page history and authors); known quantity (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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