• Cognition

    Pronunciation

    • RP IPA: /kɒɡˈnɪʃən/
    • US IPA: /kɑɡˈnɪʃən/
    • Hyphenation: cog + ni + tion

    Origin

    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.

    Noun

    cognition

    (countable and uncountable; plural cognitions)
    1. The process of knowing.
    2. (countable) A result of a cognitive process.

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