unknown : Idioms & Phrases


unknown quantity

  • noun a factor in a given situation whose bearing and importance is not apparent; he's still an unknown quantity"
    • I don't know what the new man will do
  • noun a variable whose values are solutions of an equation
    unknown.
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unknown region

  • noun an unknown and unexplored region
    terra incognita; unknown.
    • they came like angels out the unknown
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unknown soldier

  • noun an unidentified soldier whose body is honored as a memorial
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