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. In this context, the phrase is infelicitous ' beyond one's ken ', in its ordinary usage, means beyond one's powers of comprehension.
The series will air for six. Kenneth lauren burns was born on july 29, 1953, in brooklyn, new york [2] his parents were lyla smith (née tupper) burns, [3] a biotechnician, [4] and robert kyle burns jr., who at the time of ken's birth was a graduate student in cultural anthropology at columbia university [3] the documentary filmmaker ric burns is his younger brother [5][6] burns' academic family moved frequently. In common usage a fossil word, found only in phrases such as beyond one’s ken and swim into one’s ken.
Ken burns says his new documentary forced him to revisit everything he thought he knew about the american revolution ahead of the pbs production’s premiere, the legendary filmmaker and co.
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