cogent

English

WOTD – 2 May 2010

Etymology

From Latin cōgēns, present active participle of cōgō ‎(“drive together, compel”), from cō + agō ‎(“drive”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkə͡ʊd͡ʒn̩t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈko͡ʊd͡ʒn̩t/

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Adjective

cogent ‎(comparative more cogent, superlative most cogent)

1. Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
2. Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
3. Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent.

   The prosecution presented a cogent argument, convincing the jury of the defendant's guilt.‎

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• cogency

Translations

reasonable and convincing; based on evidence

• Bulgarian: състоятелен (bg) ‎(sǎstojatelen), достоверен (bg) ‎(dostoveren)
• Danish: overbevisende
• Dutch: overtuigend (nl)
• Finnish: järkevä (fi), järkiperäinen (fi)
• French: convaincant (fr), persuasif (fr), cohérent (fr)

• German: überzeugend (de)
• Italian: convincente (it), persuasivo (it), coherente, coerente (it)
• Portuguese: convincente (pt)
• Russian: убедительный (ru) ‎(ubeditelʹnyj), достове́рный (ru) ‎(dostovérnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: uverljiv (sh), uvjerljiv (sh), ubedljiv (sh), ubjedljiv
• Spanish: convencedor, persuasivo (es)
• Swedish: övertygande (sv), bindande (sv) (law)
• Turkish: inandırıcı, mantıklı (tr)

appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning

• Danish: overbevisende
• Dutch: overtuigend (nl)
• Finnish: järkevä (fi)
• French: intelligible (fr), logique (fr)

• German: überzeugend (de)
• Italian: intelligibile (it), logico (it)
• Portuguese: coerente (pt)
• Spanish: inteligible (es), lógico (es)
• Swedish: övertygande (sv)

forcefully persuasive

• Bulgarian: убедителен (bg) ‎(ubeditelen)
• Danish: overbevisende, slagkraftig
• Dutch: overtuigend (nl)
• Finnish: vakuuttava (fi)
• French: irréfutable (fr)
• German: überzeugend (de), schlagend (de)

• Italian: irrefutabile (it), inconfutabile (it)
• Portuguese: cogente (pt)
• Russian: убедительный (ru) ‎(ubeditelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: làidir
• Spanish: irrefutable (es), irrebatible (es)
• Swedish: övertygande (sv)
• Turkish: ikna edici

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Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} meyakinkan, ^{(please verify)} telak

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Latin

Verb

cōgent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of cōgō