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ken

/kɛn/

Traduction: Nom désignant la portée de la connaissance, de la compréhension ou de la vision de quelqu'un ; l'étendue de ce que l'on sait ou perçoit.

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noun

C2formalcommon/kɛn/

indénombrable

A noun referring to one's range of knowledge, understanding, or vision.

  • 🇫🇷Nom désignant la portée de la connaissance, de la compréhension ou de la vision de quelqu'un ; l'étendue de ce que l'on sait ou perçoit.
  1. Range of knowledge or understanding C1 formal

    The scope of what a person knows or can comprehend.

    • Quantum physics is beyond my ken.
    • The details of the plan are outside his ken.
    • Her expertise in art history is within the ken of few scholars.

    🇫🇷champ de connaissance, portée de l'esprit

    Synonymes: awarenesscognitioncognizancecomprehensiongraspknowledgeperceptionrangescopeunderstanding

  2. Range of vision C1 formal

    The area that can be seen; field of sight.

    • The ship disappeared from our ken.
    • As the fog lifted, the entire valley came into ken.
    • The mountain peak was just within ken on a clear day.

    🇫🇷Champ de vision

    Synonymes: field of viewfield of visionsightview

  • kens plural form
  • kens' possessive plural form
  • ken's possessive singular form