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ken
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/ kɛn /
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noun
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception: an idea beyond one's ken.
range of sight or vision.
verb (used with object), kenned or kent, ken·ning.
verb (used without object), kenned or kent, ken·ning.
British Dialect.
- to have knowledge of something.
- to understand.
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Origin of ken
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH ken
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Ken.
abbreviation
Kentucky.
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ken
/ (kɛn) /
noun
range of knowledge or perception (esp in the phrases beyond or in one's ken)
verb kens, kenning, kenned or kent (kɛnt)
Scot and Northern English dialect to know
Scot and Northern English dialect to understand; perceive
(tr) archaic to see
Word Origin for ken
Old English cennan; related to Old Norse kenna to perceive, Old High German kennen to make known; see can 1
British Dictionary definitions for ken (2 of 2)
Ken.
abbreviation for
Kentucky
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