Ken Definition

kĕn
kenned, kenning, kens
noun
kens
Range of vision.
Webster's New World
Mental perception; range of knowledge.
That is beyond my ken.
Webster's New World
View; sight.
American Heritage
Ken is defined as the range of what you know.
An example of ken is your knowledge of things from cooking to baseball statistics.
YourDictionary
Synonyms:
verb
kenned, kenning, kens
To know.
Webster's New World
To know (of or about)
Webster's New World
To see; look at; descry.
Webster's New World
To recognize.
Webster's New World
To have knowledge or an understanding.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
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abbreviation
Kentucky.
American Heritage
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The ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for Kenya.

Wiktionary
pronoun

A diminutive of the male given name Kenneth.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Ken

Noun

Singular:
ken
Plural:
kens

Origin of Ken

  • From Middle English kennen (influenced by Old Norse kenna to know) from Old English cennan to declare gnō- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ken Sentence Examples

  • The Jumna and the Ken are the only two navigable rivers.

  • Only now we know that no one of these is more than a single glimpse at a vast complex of phenomena, most of which lie for ever beyond our ken.

  • Rohde (Rheinisches Museum, i., 1895) regards them as spirits of the storm, which at the bidding of the gods carry off human beings alive to the under-world or some spot beyond human ken.

  • Children were taught folk songs " Do ye ken John Peel?

  • Such a sketch must pass lightly over debatable ground, and must consist largely of suggestions still in need of confirmation; but if it serves as a frame into which more precise and more detailed statements may be fitted as they come to the ken of the reader, its object will be attained.

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Words Starting With

KKEKEN

Words Ending With

NENKEN

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With K and Ending With N

Starts With K & Ends With NStarts With KE & Ends With NStarts With K & Ends With EN

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With K3 Letter Words Ending With N