English Explanatory Dictionary

cognition

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.
  2. A result of a cognitive process.
  3. Knowledge; awareness.

Pronunciation

/kɒɡˈnɪʃ.ən/ /kɔɡˈnɪʃ.ən/ /kɑɡˈnɪʃ.ən/ En-us-cognition.ogg /koɡˈnɪʃ.ən/ /kɒɡˈnəʃ.ən/ [kɔ̟ɡˈnəʃ.ən]

Word forms

cognition cognitions

Etymology

From Middle English cognicion, cognicioun from Latin cognitiō (“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.

Related words

cognitive cognizant cognometrics recognize

Derived words

biocognition cognification cognite cognitional cognitohazard cognitologist cognitology commognition enclothed cognition hypocognition implicit cognition incognition intercognition intracognition metacognition miscognition neurocognition noncognition postcognition precognition recognition retrocognition
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