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    ken
    /kɛn/

    noun

    • 1. one's range of knowledge or understanding: "politics are beyond my ken"

    verb

    • 1. know: Scottish, Northern English "d'ye ken anyone who can boast of that?"

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  2. KEN definition: 1. not in your area of knowledge: 2. to know someone or something 3. not in your area of…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of KEN is the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge. How to use ken in a sentence. Understanding Ken

  4. The noun ken means "range of vision or comprehension." If quantum mechanics is beyond your ken, you don't understand it, or it is beyond your scope of knowledge. Ken is rarely used today outside of the phrase, "beyond one's ken." It goes all the way back, however, to Proto Indo-European, the reconstructed ancestor of most European, Near Eastern ...

  5. Ken definition: knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception. See examples of KEN used in a sentence.

  6. Ken Definition. Range of vision. Mental perception; range of knowledge. That is beyond my ken. View; sight. To know. To see; look at; descry. To recognize. To have knowledge or an understanding.

  7. 1. Perception; understanding: complex issues well beyond our ken. 2. a. Range of vision. b. View; sight. v. kenned or kent (kĕnt), ken·ning, kens Scots. v.tr. 1. To know (a person or thing). 2. To recognize. v.intr. To have knowledge or an understanding.

  8. Ken definition: knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception. See examples of KEN used in a sentence.

  9. ken (ken), n., v., kenned or kent, ken•ning. n. knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception: an idea beyond one's ken. range of sight or vision. v.t. Scottish Terms [ Chiefly Scot.] to know, have knowledge of or about, or be acquainted with (a person or thing).

  10. ken. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ken /ken/ noun → beyond your ken Origin ken (1500-1600) ken “to know, recognize” ((13-21 centuries)), from Old English cennan “to make known” and Old Norse kenna “to be aware, understand”.

  11. 7 meanings: 1. range of knowledge or perception (esp in the phrases beyond or in one's ken) 2. Scottish and Northern England.... Click for more definitions.