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Definition: Cognition |
CognitionNoun1. The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cognition" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references) |
Etymology: Cognition \Cog*ni"tion\, noun. [Latin expression cognitio, from cognoscere, cognitum, to become acquainted with, to know; co- noscere, gnoscere, to get knowledge of. See Know, transitive verb]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | An intellectual process by which knowledge is gained about perceptions or ideas. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | Intellectual or mental process whereby an organism becomes aware of or obtains knowledge. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CognitionSynonyms: knowledge (n), noesis (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Knowledge | Noun: knowledge; cognizance, cognition, cognoscence; acquaintance, experience, ken, privity, insight, familiarity; comprehension, apprehension; recognition; appreciation; (judgment); intuition; conscience, consciousness; perception, precognition; acroamatics. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cognition |
| English words defined with "cognition": cognitive, cognitive science, cognitively ♦ idea ♦ Sense organule ♦ thought. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cognition": Cognitive Therapy ♦ Language Development ♦ TEACHER, LEARNING DISABLED. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cognition": Praecognita, Precognition ♦ Quaint. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cognition" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (cognition). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | [Memory, imagination, cognition and the senses]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Health | Studies of cognition, intelligence, and movement. (references) | |
Some patients with PML may also develop compromised memory and cognition. (references) | ||
Research is beginning to shed light on healthy cognition and how to minimize normal, age-related cognitive decline. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cognition" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cognition" is used about 128 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 128 | 28,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cognition": Cognition Disorders ♦ cognition science. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "cognition": re-cognition. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "cognition"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | njohuri (know how, knowing, knowledge, light, lore), njohje (acknowledgement, acquaintance, conversance, introduction, knowledge, presentation, recognition), aftësi njohëse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معرفة (acquaintance, awareness, cognizance, conversance, education, erudition, familiarity, information, knowing, knowledge, learning, lore, scholarship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | знание (cognizance, familiarity, information, knowing, knowledge, notion, privity, wisdom), познание (knowledge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 认知 (Cognitive, Cognizant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | poznávání, poznání (cognizance, knowledge, realization, recognition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kognition, erkendelse (emotional realization, ideational realization, realism, realization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cognitio, cognitie, kennen (be acquainted with, be master of, know, know how), bewustwording (emotional realization, ideational realization, realism, realization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | معرفت (Cognizance, Knowledge, Letter, Wisdom), ادراک (Cognizance, Hindsight, Impression, Notion, Perception, Realization, Scent, Understanding, Uptake), شناخت (Recognition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kognitio, havainto (finding, observation, perception). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | connaissance (cognizance, consciousness), cognition. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | erkenntnis (cognizance, decision, discovery, finding, insight, knowledge, realization, recognition, verdict), Erkennung (acknowledgement, detection, identification, recognition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γνώση (awareness, cognisance, cognizance, knowledge, learning, sense). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megismerés (cognizance, recognition), ismeret (idea, knowledge, learning, store of learning), észlelés (cognizance, detection, location, observation, perception, pick up, sighting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengamatan (cognizance, monitoring, supervision). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cognizione (acquaintance, knowledge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tastey (attention, awareness, consideration, heed, keep, notice, observance, observation, observe, storage, vigilance), fys (advice, cognizance, information, intelligence, intimation, knowledge, notice, notification, science, sixth sense), enney (acquaintance, acquaintanceship, awareness, consciousness, identity, knowledge, recognition), baght (clarity, contemplation, definition, explanation, illumination, notice, observation, penetration, review, view). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ognitioncay conhecimento (acquaintance, attainment, awareness, background, cognizance, command, conscious, consciousness, conversance, familiarity, friend, idea, information, insight, instruction, intelligence, know, knowing, knowledge, learning, light, lore, manifest, perception, privity, scholarship, science), cognição (cognation), percepção (apprehension, consciousness, eye, feeling, perception, realization, sense), perceção (apprehension, consciousness, eye, feeling, perception, realization, sense), noção (clou, general, glimmer, notion). (various references) cunoaştere (acquaintance, knowing, knowledge, mastery), percepţie (perception). (various references) знание (adeptness, cognizance, knowing, knowledge, lore), познание. (various references) spoznaja (cognizance, comprehension), saznanje (knowledge). (various references) cognición. (various references) kognition. (various references) การรับรู้ (awareness). (various references) знання (acquirements, art, attainments, cognizance, experiences, knowing, knowledge), пізнання (intellection, noesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "cognition": cognitional, cognitions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cognition": nonrecognition, precognition, recognition. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cognition": nonrecognitions, precognitions, recognitions. (additional references) | |
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"Cognition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cobnition, cogition, cognatio, cognicioun, cognitino, cognitio, congition, congnition, consition, Konitron. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cognition" (pronounced kÄgni"shun) |
| 6 | -g n i" sh u n | ignition, preignition, recognition. |
| 5 | -n i" sh u n | admonition, ammunition, clinician, definition, munition, premonition, redefinition, technician. |
| 4 | -i" sh u n | abolition, academician, acquisition, addition, admission, ambition, apparition, attrition, audition, coalition, commission, competition, composition, condition, contrition, decommission, decomposition, demolition, dentition, deposition, dietitian, disposition, edition, electrician, emission, erudition, exhibition, expedition, exposition, extradition, fission, fruition, geriatrician, imposition, inhibition, inquisition, intermission, intuition, juxtaposition, logician, magician, malnutrition, mathematician, mission, mortician, musician, nutrition, obstetrician, omission, opposition, optician, partition, patrician, pediatrician, permission, petition, physician, politician, position, precondition, predisposition, presupposition, prohibition, proposition, recondition, reimposition, remission, rendition, repetition, reposition, requisition, retransmission, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, submission, superstition, supposition, suspicion, tactician, theoretician, titian, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, lotion, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstruction, occupation, ocean, operation, oppression, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, passion, pasteurization, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, predestination, prediction, predilection, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, replication, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: incognito. | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-i-i-n-n-o-o-t" | |
-1 letter: noticing. | |
-2 letters: coining, coition, nicotin. | |
-3 letters: citing, cogito, congii, coning, cooing, coting, gonion, noting, notion, tining, toning. | |
-4 letters: cogon, coign, congo, conin, conto, icing, incog, ingot, inion, ionic, niton, onion, ontic, tigon, tonic. | |
-5 letters: cion, coin, coni, conn, coon, coot, goon, icon, inti, into, noon, onto, otic, ting, tong, toon. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-g-i-i-n-n-o-o-t" | |
+1 letter: cognitions, incognitos. | |
+2 letters: cognitional, recognition. | |
+3 letters: conditioning, consignation, consociating, coordinating, noncognitive, oncogenicity, precognition, recognitions. | |
+4 letters: configuration, consignations, consolidating, incorporating, precognitions, reconnoitring. | |
+5 letters: configurations, conglutination, contemporizing, counterpoising, deconditioning, nonconflicting, nonfunctioning, nonrecognition, oncogenicities, overcautioning, postganglionic, reconditioning, reconnoitering, serotoninergic, technologizing, xenodiagnostic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 67 6E 69 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- --. -. .. - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100111 01101110 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o g n i t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0067 006E 0069 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)378173807586758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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