cognition
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English cognicion, from Latin cognitio (“knowledge, perception, a judicial examination, trial”), from cognitus, past participle of cognoscere (“to know”), from co- (“together”) + *gnoscere, older form of noscere (“to know”); see know, and compare cognize, cognizance, cognizor, cognosce, connoisseur.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒɡˈnɪʃən/
- (US) IPA(key): /kɑɡˈnɪʃən/
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Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: cog‧ni‧tion
Noun[edit]
cognition (countable and uncountable, plural cognitions)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
terms related to cognition
Translations[edit]
process of knowing
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Further reading[edit]
- cognition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- cognition in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911