conoscere — meaning in English

English meaning

• hear verb To perceive sound through the ears.
• know verb To have information about something, or to be certain that something is true.
• meet verb To come face to face with someone, whether by chance or by arrangement.

Senses

conoscere is used for these senses in English:

• get to know (transitive) To become acquainted with (someone or something); to meet someone.
• hear (transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of. [from 10th c.]
• know (transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
• know (transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.
• meet To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.

hear — full definition

1. verb To perceive sound through the ears.
2. verb To receive news or information about something.
3. verb To listen to and formally consider a case in a court of law.

know — full definition

1. verb To have information about something, or to be certain that something is true.
2. verb To be familiar or acquainted with a person, place, or subject.

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