well known

A form of well-known — Familiar, famous, renowned, noted or widely known.

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Meanings

adjectivewell known (comparative better known, superlative best known)

comparative better known · superlative best known

  1. alternativepredicativeAlternative form of well-known.

    As is well known, heavy drinking is dangerous.

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    However, Hsinch'ang District, Chihchiang County, Hupei Province is well known for its use of the ox-drawn, three-bladed cultivator in cotton farming.

    1976, IDE Special Paper, numbers 1-12, →OCLC, page 41

    The village was once well known for its paper-milling, founded by Huguenot immigrants in 1648, which produced high-quality hand-made paper until 1952.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 178, about Eynsford

    If you feel I have short-changed Brunel by not detailing all his accomplishments, it's only because he's so well known to us rail aficionados.

    2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57
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