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    ken
    [ken]
    noun
    ken (noun)
    1. one's range of knowledge or sight:
      "such determination is beyond my ken"
    verb
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    ken (verb) · kens (third person present) · kenned (past tense) · kenned (past participle) · kenning (present participle) · kent (past participle) · kent (past tense)
    1. know:
      "d'ye ken anyone who can boast of that?"
      • recognize; identify:
        "that's him—d'ye ken him?"
    Origin
    Old English cennan ‘tell, make known’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German kennen ‘know, be acquainted with’, from an Indo-European root shared by can and know. Current senses of the verb date from Middle English; the noun from the mid 16th century.
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    verb
    1. know:
      be acquainted with
      have met
      be familiar with
      be friendly with
      be on good terms with
      be close to
      be intimate with
      socialize with
      associate with
      have dealings with
      have insight into
      be in sympathy with
      empathize with
      be thick with
     
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  1. 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.
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    In Middle English, “ken” referred to knowledge, understanding, or perception. It was often used to describe someone’s awareness or comprehension of something. This sense of the word can still be seen today in phrases like “beyond my ken” or “within her ken,” which indicate the limits of one’s knowledge or understanding.
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    ken / ˈ kɛn/ noun Britannica Dictionary definition of KEN beyond someone's ken : not within the range of what someone knows or understands These changes occurred for reasons that are beyond my ken. [=reasons that I do not know or understand] miracles that are beyond human ken [=miracles that cannot be understood by human beings]
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    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."

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