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Word: Ken
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
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
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kɛn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
one's range of knowledge or understanding
Short Definition:one's range of knowledge or understanding
Examples:- politics are beyond my ken
Word: Ken
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kɛn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
know
Short Definition:know
Examples:- d'ye ken anyone who can boast of that?
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