Its meaning soon broadened, however, to mean “range of vision” or “sight” on land or sea. See examples of ken used in a sentence. An idea beyond one's ken Range of sight or vision. Kenneth lauren burns was born on july 29, 1953, in brooklyn, new york [2] his parents were lyla smith (née tupper) burns, [3] a biotechnician, [4] and robert kyle burns jr., who at the time of ken's birth was a graduate student in cultural anthropology at columbia university
[3] the documentary filmmaker ric burns is his younger brother [5][6] burns' academic family moved frequently. In this context, the phrase is infelicitous ' beyond one's ken ', in its ordinary usage, means beyond one's powers of comprehension. Ken in american english (ken) noun a male given name, form of kendall or kenneth
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