to ken
9.9
To know or understand something
- verb
- /kɛn/
- UK
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- She truly kens about the history of her hometown and loves sharing it with others.
Because this mind knows all of that and itself.
- Because this mind knows all of that and itself.
- Hey, man, I thought I knew you don't do that.
- Paul AKA Saul knows that Jesus existed, right?
- But there was this split second when I knew that this was my chance.
- Like he, I think Todd knew he was going to be fired.
- So the camera is far enough away from me that how would he know whose it is.
- But what I do know is that things are working out.
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Examples
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In that village, everyone kens their neighbors and looks out for each other.
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I, I didn't know you knew so much about mushrooms.
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And I literally did not know if I could handle one more thing.
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Hey, man, I thought I knew you don't do that.
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Well, he kens Fido.
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I don't ken what you're talking about, can you explain it again please?
Antonyms
Compounds
Red Ken
- Literature
8.4
A nickname for Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London known for left-wing views
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Etymology
Ken as a verb comes from the same old northern word meaning 'to know', and it still appears in Scots and some dialects to mean 'understand' or 'be aware of', much like the common verb know. So to ken something is simply to know or understand it.