ken

/ken/

Thân thiện

The ship's lookout scans the horizon from the crow's nest, keeping the vessel safely within ken of the shore.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Range of vision; sight: The area or distance that one can see.
   • Range of knowledge, understanding, or perception: The extent of what one knows or can comprehend.

Usage

• Noun:
  • Use "ken" to describe the limits of what someone can physically see or mentally understand.
  • It is often used in the phrases "beyond one's ken" (outside one's understanding) and "within one's ken" (within one's understanding or sight).

Examples

• Noun:
  • The ship sailed until it was beyond our ken. (The ship sailed until it was out of our sight.)
  • Quantum physics is beyond my ken. (Quantum physics is outside my range of understanding.)
  • Such complex legal matters are not within his ken. (Such complex legal matters are not within his understanding.)

Advanced Usage

• "Beyond/outside one's ken": Outside the scope of one's knowledge or understanding.
  • The intricacies of ancient philosophy are beyond my ken.
• "Within/in one's ken": Within one's knowledge, understanding, or field of vision.
  • Basic car maintenance should be within every adult's ken.

Variants and Related Words

• Kenning (n): A compound expression in Old Norse and Old English poetry, often a metaphorical phrase (e.g., "whale-road" for sea). This is a specialized, historical term distinct from the common noun "ken."

Synonyms

• Understanding: The ability to comprehend or grasp something.
• Comprehension: The action or capability of understanding something.
• Purview: The scope or range of something, especially knowledge or concern.
• Grasp: A person's understanding or comprehension.

Antonyms

• Ignorance: Lack of knowledge or information about something.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the range of vision
   • out of sight of land
2. range of what one can know or understand
   • beyond my ken

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sight
• cognizance