Skip to main content

ken

/ken/US // kɛn //UK // (kɛn) //

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:an idea beyond one's ken.
    • : range of sight or vision.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    kenned or kent, ken·ning.

    • : Chiefly Scot. to know, have knowledge of or about, or be acquainted with.to understand or perceive.
    • : Scots Law. to acknowledge as heir; recognize by a judicial act.
    • : Archaic. to see; descry; recognize.
    • : British Dialect, Archaic. to declare, acknowledge, or confess.to teach, direct, or guide.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    kenned or kent, ken·ning.

    • : British Dialect. to have knowledge of something.to understand.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Both Ken and Sarah Burns joined me on Vox Conversations for a fascinating discussion about their latest film, its subject, and the art of documentary storytelling.

  • “We have found Philip Glass at high volume tranquilizes both dogs quite nicely,” wrote Ken.

  • It’s the summer of 2020, and we’re at the Center for Whale Research, which is also Ken’s house.

  • Alexa Green, a Pittsfield local, describes Ken’s Bowl as a form of “security.”

  • Omnibus has a fan group on Facebook, and back in January when Style did a huge front-page feature on Jennings after he won the Greatest of All Time tournament, I posted a photo there of the page, and Ken contacted me to get a copy of the original.

  • Brooklyn district attorney Ken Thompson explained his decision to impanel a grand jury in a statement released Friday.

  • You have mentioned in interview that Dale Eaglesham and Ken Lashley are joining you on the new Secret Six.

  • So the plan is for Ken to draw an arc with Dale doing covers, and then Dale does an arc with Ken doing covers.

  • In 1978, for instance, Hockney was introduced to a new printing method by the famed printer Ken Tyler.

  • Ken Russell, the now sadly deceased British film director, told me he considered Jarman a visionary.

  • Many things besides book-learning did Wang Ken teach his pupil.

  • Wang Ken improved this opportunity to tell Yung Pak how important it was that all boys should follow such an example.

  • "I'll bet yo 'un a hoss I ken put a ball through that Yank's heart at fifty paces," he roared.

  • It appears to be a Southern form, adopted here for the rime, like ken for kin in Book of the Duch.

  • Nelson specially delighted in Ken's morning, evening, and midnight hymns.