Define ken. ken synonyms, ken pronunciation, ken translation, English dictionary definition of ken. n. 1. Perception; understanding: complex issues well beyond our ken.
Ken (doll), a product by Mattel Ken (unit) (間), a Japanese unit of measurement and proportion Ken River, a river in the Bundelkhand region, India Ken sword (剣), a Japanese sword Kensington railway station, Melbourne Komisja Edukacji Narodowej, Polish National Board of Education Ken (県), meaning "prefecture" in Japanese; see Prefectures of ...
ken (third-person singular simple present kens, present participle kenning, simple past and past participle kenned) (obsolete) To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life). quotations
KEN definition: 1. not in your area of knowledge: 2. to know someone or something 3. not in your area of…. Learn more.
Ken definition: Perception; understanding. 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.
ken: Perception; understanding. Northern and Scottish dialects from Old English cennan ("make known, declare, acknowledge") originally “make to know”, causative of cunnan ("to become acquainted with, to know"), from Old Norse kenna ("know, perceive"), from Proto-Germanic *kannijanan, causative of *kunnanan (“be able”). Cognate to German kennen ("to know, be acquainted with someone ...
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