unbeknown

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: adjective

~ to sb (written) without the person mentioned knowing: Unbeknown to her they had organized a surprise birthday party.

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

unbeknownEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus unbeknownEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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unavailable sth unavailing unavoidable unaware unawares unbalance unbalanced unban unbearable unbeatable unbeaten

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