🇬🇧 Well known meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

When a person, place, or thing is well known, lots and lots of people have heard of it or recognize it, almost like it’s a bit famous.

In our house, Dad is well known for burning toast so often the smoke alarm now greets him by name.

The teacher’s well-known “pop quiz face” is so scary that even the posters pretend to study.

My uncle is well known for “fixing” things so well that we have to buy new ones afterward.

Grandma is well known in our family for turning every story into a story about how cheap bananas used to be.

It’s well known that the word “well-known” usually has a hyphen.

Every day a small dog sits by the red door. The dog is well known, well known to all. The dog is well known to children. A boy takes a photo; people say it is well known. The dog is well known to a man in the shop. At night the dog sleeps; town is happy.

This word is at the A2 level, which means it’s useful for simple, everyday situations. You might use it when shopping, traveling, or talking about your hobbies. Words at this level help you build confidence in practical, routine conversations.

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