ken
noun
[ kɛn ]
• one's range of knowledge or understanding.
• "politics are beyond my ken"
Similar:
knowledge,
awareness,
perception,
understanding,
grasp,
comprehension,
realization,
apprehension,
appreciation,
consciousness,
recognition,
notice,
ken
verb
• know.
• "d'ye ken anyone who can boast of that?"
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 can1 and know. Current senses of the verb date from Middle English; the noun from the mid 16th century.
