KNOWN

[adjective] [not gradable]Something or someone that is known is familiar to or understood by people.These people are known criminals.There is no known reason for the accident to have happened.It is a little known fact that he was married before.He is known to the police because of his previous criminal record.See also well-known.If someone or something is known as a particular name, they are called by that name.And this is Terry, otherwise known as 'Muscleman'.These chocolate bars are known as something else in the US, but I can't remember what.If you make known something/make something known, you tell people about it so that it becomes publicly known.Local residents have made known their objections to the proposed new road.I made it known that I was not happy with what had been decided.If you make yourself known (to someone), you tell them who you are.Just go to the hotel reception and make yourself known (to the receptionist).