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who knows

who knows phrase: a rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor knows who might.

Phrase

who knows?

  1. A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor knows who might.
    • It could be one or the other, or both. Who knows?
    • Do you think I'll get married before I turn 30? – Who knows, you might never marry.
  2. A rhetorical question asked to express the idea that anything is possible or that anything could happen.
    • Who knows? Maybe someday he'll finish writing his book and make lots of money selling it.
    • Since she hasn't studied at all I don't think she'll pass the test, but who knows?

who knows meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Arabic

who knows in Tamil

rhetorical question: one doesn't know
யாருக்குத் தெரியும் yārukkut teriyum
rhetorical question: anything is possible
யாருக்குத் தெரியும் yārukkut teriyum

who knows in Malayalam

who knows, I don't know, expression of ignorance or uncertainty
ആവോ āvō

who knows in Arabic

rhetorical question: one doesn't know
مَن يَدْرِي؟ man yadrī?, اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم allāhu ʔaʕlam, إِبْصَر ʔibṣar

Questions about who knows

What does who knows mean?
Who knows means a rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor knows who might.
What is who knows in Tamil?
Who knows in Tamil is யாருக்குத் தெரியும் (yārukkut teriyum). See Who knows meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is who knows?
Who knows is a phrase.

Words near who knows in the dictionary

  1. who goes there
  2. who hurt you
  3. who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl
  4. who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl
  5. who knew
  6. who knows
  7. who pays the piper calls the tune
  8. who put a quarter in you
  9. who shot John
  10. who so
  11. who took the jam out of your doughnut

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Adapted from Wiktionary: who knows (page history and authors); ആവോ (Malayalam) (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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