No wonder the meaning of the word "know" causes difficulties. A few more decades of the dominance of Angloisms, and we will generally forget those words that are native to us. For our part, we will do everything to prevent this from happening. Therefore, let's get down to business soon.
Meaning
Explanatory Dictionary, our eternal companion in linguistic searches, says that the verb "know" has the following meanings:
Similar in meaning to the verb "to know":
I don't know where your car keys are, where you put them, take them from there.
The stylistic inconsistency in the phrase is designed to make it clear to the reader that this usage is now considered obsolete.
Don't imagine, don't understand:
They don't know what they're doing.
The same as experiencing, feeling, experiencing:
He knew all the dark and vile secrets of the human soul.
To manage something:
This is a question for my wife, she is in charge of the economic part of our family, as well as the calculation of income and expenses.
As you can see,the object of our study passes through the department of either bookish or obsolete vocabulary. But the word is fine anyway.
Not too much effort has gone into revealing the meaning of the word "know". Let's move on to his replacements.
Synonyms
When the verb “know” is no longer a mystery to us, we can consolidate the result by turning our gaze to what can replace it, if necessary. So:
- manage;
- know;
- test;
- feel;
- understand;
- lead;
- manage;
- feel.
And separately phrases that are close in meaning:
- be aware;
- be in charge;
- get into subtleties;
- to have an idea, concept.
If before that the reader could have had any doubts about the meaning of the word "know", then the battery of synonyms smashed them to smithereens. At least we'd like to believe it.
Vedic Root
Of course, experience suggests that the verb considered in this article is not such a hoary antiquity. The root from it is used in such words:
- introduction;
- department (and variations);
- witch;
- manager (and variations);
- visit (find out how you are doing or how you feel);
- various specialists or areas of knowledge that are named using the root "Vedas", for example, "art critic" or activity - "art history".
Of course, we cannot give allthe range of words in Russian, where this glorious root would be used. Our task is to provide the reader with a certain idea so that he becomes knowledgeable (the adjective is not chosen randomly) in his native (or studied) language.
Witch and sorceress
What we will write is probably not a secret for the general public for a long time, but suddenly someone else does not know. There is a popular satirist M. N. Zadornov in Russia. He is famous for telling the population how ignorant they are for the most part (this is especially noticeable against the background of foreigners), but at the same time terribly smart.
Besides fighting our national failings by trying to get people to reflect on their behavior, the comedian engages in amateur research about history and language. Official science does not recognize his achievements, but some facts suitable for us can be borrowed from him. Of course, the following will deal with the meaning of the word "know".
For example, earlier, before the adoption of Christianity, there were witches in Russia. They were responsible for herbs and, in a broad sense, communication with nature. A sorceress is a good, revered young lady or grandmother. When Russia was baptized, everything pagan was recognized as indigestible for the new ideology and began to pass through the department of evil spirits or even the Devil himself.
Such a sad story, but from the point of view, let's not be afraid of this word, politics is quite ordinary.
Clear now, what does it mean to know? As the reader can see, we used unwittinglythere are quite a lot of words with the root "Ved", and it still says something, doesn't it?
