Unknown

Unknown

Unknown may refer to:
* a lack of knowledge
* a variable to be solved for in a mathematical equation
* an actor or footballer or singer who is not yet famous
* John Doe, an unknown person

* Unknown unknown, an unanticipated uncertainty in a formal decision model
* "Unknown" (film), a 2006 movie
* "Unknown" (magazine), a fantasy magazine published from 1939-1943
* Unknown (Tekken), the final boss and last time-released character of Tekken Tag Tournament
* The Unknown MC, a member in DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies
* The Unknown Comic, the stage name for Canadian-American actor and stand-up comic Murray Langston who usually appeared with a paper bag over his head

ee also

*Unknown date, e.g. unknown date of a birth or death
*Unknown bug
* Unown, a Pokémon species
*Unknown soldier (disambiguation)


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  • unknown — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not known or familiar. ► NOUN ▪ an unknown person or thing. ● unknown to Cf. ↑unknown to …   English terms dictionary

  • unknown — [unnōn′] adj. not known; specif., a) not in the knowledge, understanding, or acquaintance of someone; unfamiliar (to) b) not discovered, identified, determined, explored, etc. n. 1. an unknown person or thing 2. an unknown mathematical quantity:… …   English World dictionary

  • unknown — (adj.) c.1300, strange, unfamiliar (of persons, places), from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of KNOW (Cf. know). Cf. O.E. ungecnawen. In ref. to facts, attested from early 14c. The noun meaning unknown person is recorded from 1590s …   Etymology dictionary

  • unknown to — ► unknown to without the knowledge of. Main Entry: ↑unknown …   English terms dictionary

  • Unknown — Un*known , a. Not known; not apprehended. {Un*known ness}, n. [R.] Camden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unknown — index anonymous, blind (concealed), clandestine, covert, defunct, disputable, hidden, inexplicable …   Law dictionary

  • unknown — [adj] obscure, mysterious alien, anonymous, concealed, dark, desolate, distant, exotic, far, faraway, far off, foreign, hidden, humble, incog*, incognito, little known, nameless, new, remote, secret, so and so*, strange, such and such*,… …   New thesaurus

  • unknown — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 place/thing that you know nothing about ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great ▪ What the weather will be like on the day is, as always, the great unknown. VERB + UNKNOWN ▪ explore, face …   Collocations dictionary

  • unknown — [[t]ʌ̱nno͟ʊn[/t]] ♦♦♦ unknowns 1) ADJ If something is unknown to you, you have no knowledge of it. An unknown number of demonstrators were arrested... How did you expect us to proceed on such a perilous expedition, through unknown terrain... The… …   English dictionary

  • unknown — un|known1 W2 [ˌʌnˈnəun US ˈnoun] adj, adv 1.) not known about ▪ The murderer s identity remains unknown . ▪ For some unknown reason , Mark quit his job and moved to Greece. ▪ a voyage through unknown territory ▪ An unknown number of people were… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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