Its meaning soon broadened, however, to mean “range of vision” or “sight” on land or sea. In this context, the phrase is infelicitous ' beyond one's ken ', in its ordinary usage, means beyond one's powers of comprehension. See examples of ken used in a sentence. Ken in american english (ken) noun a male given name, form of kendall or kenneth Not within the range of what someone knows or understands
In scots law, to acknowledge or recognize by a judicial act The noun ken means range of vision or comprehension. if quantum mechanics is beyond your ken, you don't understand it, or it is beyond your scope of knowledge Ken is rarely used today outside of the phrase, beyond one's ken. An idea beyond one's ken Range of sight or vision. A male given name, form of kendall or kenneth