- Kentucky
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Ken. abbreviation for
ken /kɛn/USA pronunciation
n., v., kenned or kent/kɛnt/USA pronunciation ken•ning.
n. [uncountable]
v. [~ + object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026n. [uncountable]
- knowledge or understanding:an idea beyond one's ken.
v. [~ + object]
- Scottish Terms[Chiefly Scottish.]
- to have knowledge (about);
know.
- to have knowledge (about);
ken
(ken),USA pronunciation n., v., kenned or kent, ken•ning.
n.
v.t.
v.i.
Ken (ken),USA pronunciation n.
Ken.,
n.
- knowledge, understanding, or cognizance;
mental perception:an idea beyond one's ken. - range of sight or vision.
v.t.
- Scottish Terms[Chiefly Scot.]
- to know, have knowledge of or about, or be acquainted with (a person or thing).
- to understand or perceive (an idea or situation).
- Law[Scots Law.]to acknowledge as heir;
recognize by a judicial act. - [Archaic.]to see;
descry;
recognize. - British Terms
- to declare, acknowledge, or confess (something).
- to teach, direct, or guide (someone).
v.i.
- British Terms
- to have knowledge of something.
- to understand.
- bef. 900; Middle English kennen to make known, see, know, Old English cennan to make known, declare; cognate with Old Norse kenna, German kennen; akin to can1
Ken (ken),USA pronunciation n.
- a male given name, form of Kendall or Kenneth.
Ken.,
- Place NamesKentucky.
'Ken.' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
can
- ken
- kenning
- kenspeckle
- Kentucky
- Kesey
- Livingstone
- Loach
- Rosewall
- Russell
- suchlike
- Broken Arrow
- broken chord
- broken coal
- broken field
- broken heart
- Broken Hill
- broken ice
- broken line
- broken lot
- broken pediment
- broken play
- broken twill weave
- broken water
- broken wind
- half-broken
- Hard Times token
- kenbei
- Kendal green
- Kendal sneck bent
- kendo
- Kenilworth ivy
- kennel club
- Kennelly-Heaviside layer
- Kennesaw Mountain
- Kenny
- Kenny method
- Kensington and Chelsea
- kentia palm
- Kenya
- kin
- kwaiken
- lambrequin
- manikin
- minikin
- mutchkin
- New Kensington
- pretoken
- token
- token economy