do you know
Are you informed?
Do you know is a conversational opener that introduces a piece of information the speaker assumes the listener lacks: Do you know there's a coffee shop on the corner?
It also genuinely asks whether someone possesses knowledge: Do you know how to swim?
The phrase often softens requests: Do you know where the bathroom is?
In rhetorical use, it emphasizes a point the speaker finds striking or frustrating: Do you know how long I've been waiting?
- questionRequest for information
- askSeek an answer
- inquireAsk for information
- just wonderingExpressing casual curiosity
- discoverFind something unknown
tell · fun fact · recognize · acquainted · understand · wonder · by any chance · have you heard · query · comprehend · familiar · seek · curious · answer · guess · aware · informed · realize
do you knowthe truth is
Phrase introducing actual facts
I know · as you know · obviously · clearly · for a fact
do you knowlisten
Perceive sound attentively
FYI · for your information · I declare · take note · consider this