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unknowns

unknowns is the plural of unknown.

Meaning of unknown

Noun

unknown (plural unknowns)

  1. A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
  2. 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?1957, Ethel Erford Hewitt, Into the Unknown: An Historical Novel, page 351
  3. A person of no identity; a nonentity.
    • How does it feel, / how does it feel? / To be on your own, / with no direction home / A complete unknown, / like a rolling stone1965, Bob Dylan, “Like a Rolling Stone”, in Bob Dylan (lyrics), Highway 61 Revisited (vinyl), performed by Bob Dylan, Columbia Records, →OCLC, side A of retail US single; on YouTube, English - en...

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Proper noun capitalized: Unknowns

the Unknowns pl (plural only)

  1. (US, plural, plural-only) Those US military personnel who have died in service, usually in war, without proper burial.

Phrases with unknowns

Questions about unknowns

What does unknowns mean?
Unknowns means those US military personnel who have died in service, usually in war, without proper burial.
What is unknowns the plural of?
Unknowns is the plural of unknown.
What part of speech is unknowns?
Unknowns is a proper noun.

Words near unknowns in the dictionary

  1. unknown unknown
  2. unknown unknowns
  3. unknownly
  4. unknownness
  5. unknownnesses
  6. unknowns
  7. unknownst
  8. unknows
  9. unknurled
  10. unkodaked
  11. unkooky

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