āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨, āĻŦā§āĻ§
the scope of what someone is aware of or is capable of grasping
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The concept was within her ken, thanks to years of study.
āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ§āĻŋāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻŦāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤
02
āĻĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°, āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ
the distance that can be seen by someone
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A ship appeared on the horizon, just within their ken.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§āĨ¤
to ken
01
āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž, āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§
(Scottish) to know, be aware of, or understand
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
I do n't ken that song you're talking about.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋ ken āĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
