cognition

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links 1.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

< Middle English cognicion < Latin cognitio (“‘knowledge, perception, a judicial examination, trial’”) < cognitus, pp. of cognoscere (“‘to know’”) < co- (“‘together’”) + *gnoscere, older form of noscere (“‘to know’”); see know, and compare cognize, cognizance, cognizor, cognosce, connoisseur.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /kɒgˈnɪʃən/, SAMPA: /kQg"nIS@n/
• (US) IPA: /kɑgˈnɪʃən/, SAMPA: /kAg"nIs@n/
• Hyphenation: cog‧ni‧tion

[edit] Noun

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cognition (countable and uncountable; plural cognitions)

1. The process of knowing.
2. (countable) A result of a cognitive process.

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• precognition

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[edit] External links

• cognition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• cognition in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Anagrams

• incognito