Ken appeared on the English horizon in the 16th century referring to the distance bounding the range of ordinary vision at sea (about 20 miles), and would thus have been familiar to skippers …

KEN definition: knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception. See examples of ken used in a sentence.

KEN definition: 1. not in your area of knowledge: 2. to know someone or something 3. not in your area of…. Learn more.

1. knowledge or understanding: an idea beyond one's ken. 2. range of sight or vision.

Kenneth Sean " Ken " Carson Jr. is a fashion doll introduced by American toy company Mattel in 1961 as the counterpart of Barbie, who had been introduced two years earlier. Similar to …

Ken in American English (ken) noun a male given name, form of Kendall or Kenneth

Dec 13, 2025 · In common usage a fossil word, found only in phrases such as beyond one’s ken and swim into one’s ken.

beyond someone's ken : not within the range of what someone knows or understands

Ken definition: Perception; understanding.

In this context, the phrase is infelicitous : ' beyond one's ken ', in its ordinary usage, means beyond one's powers of comprehension.