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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- ken [kεn]
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1.
n
range of knowledge or perception (esp in the phrases beyond or in one's ken)
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2.
vb
[Scot and northern English]
[dialect]
to know
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3.
vb
[Scot and northern English]
[dialect]
to understand; perceive
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4.
vt.
[tr]
[archaic]
to see
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5.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English cennan; related to Old Norse kenna to perceive, Old High German kennen to make known; see
can 1
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1.
n
range of knowledge or perception (esp in the phrases beyond or in one's ken)
Examples
- John, Ken, and other suchlike idiots → suchlike
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