Its meaning soon broadened, however, to mean “range of vision” or “sight” on land or sea. See examples of ken used in a sentence. An idea beyond one's ken Range of sight or vision. Ken russell is a former miami city commissioner, successful businessman, and a passionate community advocate running for mayor of miami His journey into politics began with a simple but powerful mission
Cleaning up a contaminated park where his children played. In this context, the phrase is infelicitous ' beyond one's ken ', in its ordinary usage, means beyond one's powers of comprehension. Ken in american english (ken) noun a male given name, form of kendall or kenneth In common usage a fossil word, found only in phrases such as beyond one’s ken and swim into one’s ken. There are six meanings listed in oed's entry for the noun ken, two of which are labelled obsolete
A male given name, form of kendall or kenneth
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