ken

Definitions


[kɛn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- one's range of knowledge or understanding
(e.g: politics are beyond my ken)


Phrases:

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


[kɛn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- know
(e.g: d'ye ken anyone who can boast of that?)


Phrases:

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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