ken
/kɛn/
noun
- A person's range of knowledge, understanding, or awareness.
- She tried to explain the joke, but it was simply not within his ken.
- The details of the ancient ritual were outside the ken of most modern historians.
- Quantum physics is beyond my ken, so I'll stick to basic science.
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verb
- To know, understand, or recognize (chiefly used in Scottish and Northern English dialects).
- Do you ken the way to the old castle?
- He kens the value of hard work better than anyone.
- I ken that tune from my childhood visits to Scotland.