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noun

Definition of kennext
1
as in sight

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2
as in understanding

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3
as in scope

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ken

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verb

chiefly Scottish
as in to fathom

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Recent Examples of ken
Noun
Technically, the name refers to the cream of beetroot that is added halfway through, but the payoff looked like a high-camp homage to Barbie, far beyond my ken. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024 How Apple could or should approach easier customization is beyond my ken for the purposes of this review; the recurring sentiment for me is simply that customization doesn’t come without a cost. — Steven Aquino, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 How pigeons get enough calories to stay alive and healthy until spring is beyond my ken. — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2022 What had been beyond the ken of my comprehension even into adolescence was a nuisance for this individual in their elementary school years. — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2010 See All Example Sentences for ken
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ken
  1. sight
  2. understanding
  3. scope
  4. fathom
  5. landscape
  6. gray matter
  7. ambit
  8. perceive
Noun
  • The sight had activated an ancient and superstitious circuit in my brain that insisted the sun simply shouldn't look this way.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • But weeks after the largest IPO in history, Musk talked more about the moon during SpaceX’s first earnings call, which investors say is a strategic threshold that will likely be crossed before SpaceX can fully set its sights on Mars.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of sight
Noun
  • The pair came away from that incident, and more subtle slights (like having to wait 20 minutes to be seated in a mostly empty restaurant), with a better understanding of each other.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Price and Felton each took steps this offseason in their schematic understanding and trustworthiness as pass catchers.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of understanding
Noun
  • Negotiate the timeline, clarify the scope, and put the agreement in friendly writing.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The claim was allowed to stand because it was filed in a civil action outside the scope of church control, meaning that the abstention doctrine did not apply, the appeals court justices wrote.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of scope
Verb
  • Before scientists formulated their research, poets and naturalists had fathomed features of this intelligence.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders officially have competition on the content front which is hard to even fathom.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of fathom
Noun
  • With a nearly $3 billion market cap, Imax is a relatively inexpensive asset in the entertainment landscape.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Arizona also boasts diverse landscapes and a variety of ecosystems, from alpine forests to deserts, all of which different kinds of bats have fashioned a home.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of landscape
Noun
  • The researchers found that London taxi drivers had measurably more gray matter in the posterior hippocampus, a brain area tied to storing large-scale spatial maps.
    — Hatim Sharif, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Research shows that drops in hormones actually shrink the volume of gray matter in a woman’s hippocampus and frontal and temporal cortices, which are key for memory and executive function.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 July 2026
Definition of gray matter
Noun
  • Highlights of Daniels excelling for the Tigers in big games might be considered within the ambit of newsworthiness and defeat a right-of-publicity claim.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Will some of our operations fall within the sanctions’ ambit?
    — Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 6 May 2026
Definition of ambit
Verb
  • Loneliness influencers — especially Gen Zers — should be more mindful of how viewers perceive their online posts, according to Lane.
    — Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • For instance, our brains are primed to perceive 1 and 2 as farther apart than 8 and 9 because, relatively, 2 is twice the size of 1, whereas 9 is only 1⁄8 larger than 8.
    — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026
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“Ken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ken. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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