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Ken is defined as the range of what you know.

(noun)

An example of ken is your knowledge of things from cooking to baseball statistics.

See ken in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Scot. to know
Archaic to see; look at; descry
Now Chiefly Dial. to recognize

Origin: ME kennen < OE cennan, lit., to cause to know < *kannjan < base of can, akin to Ger kennen, ON kenna, to know

intransitive verb

Scot. to know (of or about)

noun

Rare range of vision
mental perception; range of knowledge: that is beyond my ken

Origin: contr. < kenning

See ken in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Perception; understanding: complex issues well beyond our ken.
a. Range of vision.
b. View; sight.

verb kenned kenned or kent (kĕnt), ken·ning, kens
Scots

verb, transitive

To know (a person or thing).
To recognize.

verb, intransitive

To have knowledge or an understanding.

Origin:

Origin: From Middle English kennen (influenced by Old Norse kenna, to know)

Origin: , from Old English cennan, to declare; see gnō- in Indo-European roots

abbreviation

Kentucky

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