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Definition: Cogent |
CogentAdjective1. Having the power to influence or convince; "a cogent analysis of the problem"; "potent arguments". 2. Powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cogent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1642. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | COGENT COmpiler and GENeralized Translator. A compiler writing language with pattern-directed string and list processing features, for CDC 3600 and CDC 3800. A program consists of productions defining a context-free language, plus analysis and synthesis function generators. ["COGENT Programming Manual", J.C. Reynolds, ANL-7022, Argonne, Mar 1965]. [Sammet 1969, p.638]. ["An Introduction to the COGENT System", J.C. Reynolds, Proc ACM 20th Natl Conf, 1965]. (1994-12-23). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CogentSynonyms: potent (adj), powerful (adj), telling (adj), weighty (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Demonstration | Convincing, cogent, persuasive (believable). |
Power | Adjective: powerful, puissant; potential; capable, able; equal to, up to; cogent, valid; efficient, productive; effective, effectual, efficacious, adequate, competent; multipotent, plenipotent, omnipotent; almighty. |
Reasoning, | Logical sequence; good case; correct just reasoning, sound reasoning, valid reasoning, cogent reasoning, logical reasoning, forcible reasoning, persuasive reasoning, persuasory reasoning, consectary reasoning, conclusive; ; subtle reasoning; force of argument, strong point, strong argument, persuasive argument. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cogent |
| English words defined with "cogent": Cogently, Cross potent ♦ Forcible entry and detainer ♦ inconstant ♦ potent, powerful ♦ Strong conjugation ♦ telling ♦ weighty. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cogent": Cogent Prolog ♦ University of Edinburgh. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cogent": Coagment, Cogency. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | The institution of a military academy is also recommended by cogent reasons. |
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| "Cogent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cogent" is used about 87 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 87 | 35,390 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cogent": cogent argument ♦ cogent evidence ♦ cogent Prolog. Additional references. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cogent | 85 |
cogent communication | 33 |
care cogent health | 7 |
cogent system | 7 |
cogent neuroscience | 5 |
cogent index.html partners.net | 4 |
cogent partner | 4 |
cogent technology | 4 |
cogent db | 3 |
cogent partners.net | 2 |
cogent communication group | 2 |
cogent inc system | 2 |
cogent research | 2 |
cogent financial | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cogent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i fortë (able bodied, adamant, adamantine, brawny, cast iron, decuman, Doughty, durable, endurable, enduring, fast, fierce, firm, flinty, forceful, Hale, hard, Hardy, heavy duty, high pitched, intense, intensive, keen, lancinating, nervous, oaky, potent, powerful, red blooded, refractory, resistant, robust, rocky, rough, rugged, screamy, serviceable, sharp, smart, solid, sound, spanking, stable, staunch, steely, stentorian, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, swashing, swingeing, tenable, tenacious, tough, two-fisted, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, virulent, well-built, well-set), bindës (conclusive, convincing, decisive, forcible, persuasive, plausible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مفحم (confuting, convincing, decisive, potent), مقنع (convincing, disguised, in disguise, masked, masqueraded, persuasive, veiled), قوى (anneal, be fortified, be more powerful, become mighty, become stronger, beefy, boost, brace, confirm, consolidate, enforce, fasten, fibrous, fortify, freshen, great, grow stronger, harden, hefty, heighten, help, heroic, in power, innervate, intensify, invigorate, nerve, prop, reinforce, sinew, stiffen, strengthen, support, sustain, tighten). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | състоятелен (podded, substantial, well off, well to do), неопровержим (irrefutable, unassailable, uncontrovertible, undeniable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 有说服力. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | výstižný (accurate, apt, felicitous, snappy), přesvìdèivý (absolute, clear-cut, conclusive, convincing, forceful, persuasive, potent, sound, unanswerable), pádný (compelling, convincing, damning, hefty, pointed, potent, satisfactory, strong, valid, weighty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | متقاعدکننده (Persuasive), دارای قدرت وزور. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | convaincant (conclusive, convincing), puissant, irrésistible (compelling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zwingend (bludgeoning, coercible, coercing, coercive, cogently, compellable, compelling, compellingly, compulsive, compulsively, conclusive, constraining, exigent, forcible, forcibly, forcing, imperative, mandatory, necessary, unassailable, urgent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πειστικόσ (conclusive, convincing, forcible, persuasive, sleek, suasive), ακαταμάχητοσ (irrefutable, irresistible, resistless), αδιάσειστοσ (unshakeable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משכ ע (convincing, evincive, persuasive, plausible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hathatós érv, ellenállhatatlan (compelling, devastating, irresistible, overpowering, overwhelming, resistless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | meyakinkan (convince, ensure, persuasive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | convincente (conclusive, convincing, persuasive, tolling, whacking), potente (big, effective, massive, mighty, potent, powerful), persuasivo (coaxing, convincing, persuasive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | niartal (forcible, potent, powerful, strong, strong bodied), lajer (able-bodied, forcible, forte, hard, heady, heavy, high-power, high-powered, lusty, potent, powerful, pronounced, rich, sound, stark, stout, strong, vigorous, vigorous as plant), eignagh (compelling, obligatory), breeoil (active, active as person, brisk, buoyant, buoyant of market, dynamic, energetic, essential, fizzy, forceful, go ahead, impulsive, purposeful, red-blooded, strenuous, valid, vibrant, vigorous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ogentcay convincente (closing, conclusive, convincing, demonstrative, forceful, forcible, persuasive, potent, silver, straitlaced, stringent, tenable, two-fisted, valid, weighty), persuasivo (persuasive), irresistível (irrepressible, irresistible, killing, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, rambunctious, resistless, uncontrollable, ungovernable), forte (accomplished, acute, bold, bouncing, brawny, decuman, firm, forceful, forcible, fort, forte, fortress, full-blooded, hale, hard, heavy, hefty, high, high-hearted, intense, intensive, keen, loud, lusty, manly, masculine, masterful, mighty, nappy, penetrating, pithy, potent, presidio, racy, red-blooded, robust, salt, sanguineous, seaworthy, sharp, sinewy, snorting, solid, stalwart, stark, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, swingeing, telling, tough, two-fisted, unfailing, vehement, venturous, vigorous, wakeless, wholesome). (various references) convingãtor (conclusive, convincing, forcible, persuasive, potent, silver-tongued, stringent, strong), concludent (clinching, conclusive, convincing, decisive, edifying, valid, weighty), substanţial (rich, solid, Square, substantial, substantially, well grounded). (various references) убедительный (conclusive, convincing, forceful, persuasive, potent, suasive), неоспоримый (incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrecusable, irrefragable, unchallengeable, uncontrollable, undeniable, undisputed, unquestionable, unquestioned). (various references) ubedljiv (conceivable, conclusive, convincing, decisive, persuasive, satisfying, weighty). (various references) convincente (convincing, persuasive, powerful, satisfying), fuerte (able, bad, big, bold, bouncing, brawny, burly, cast iron, ebullient, fierce, firm, forceful, forcible, Fort, forte, full-blooded, grievous, hard, Hardy, heady, hearty, heavy, hefty, high, intense, long, loud, lurid, lusty, manly, metier, mighty, potent, powerful, raw, ripe, robust, rugged, severe, sharp, sharply, solid, spanking, stiff, stoutly, strident, strong, sturdy, telling, throbbing, tough, vigorous). (various references) övertygande (convincing, demonstrative, forceful, forcefully, forcible, forcibly). (various references) ที่โน้มน้าวจิตใจ. (various references) inandırıcı (colorable, conclusive, convincing, credible, demonstrative, evidential, evidentiary, likely, persuasive, potent, vivid), ikna edici (convincing, persuasive, potent, suasive). (various references) незаперечний (excathedral, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, never say die, unassailable, unavoidable, uncontestable, undeniable), переконливий (commanding, conclusive, convictive, convincing, decisive, demonstrative, forcible, ostensive, persuasive, powerful, stringent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| French | 1500-Modern | cogent. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cogent": cogently. (additional references) | |
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"Cogent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cagen, cayent, cocent, cofen, cogan, cogen, cogenct, cogens, coget, cogin, cogint, cogit, Cognee, cognent, cognet, cognex, conent, congent, Coygen, cuenta, Cugat, cugent, fogent, hohgant. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cogent" (pronounced kō"junt) |
| 4 | -j u n t | agent, argent, astringent, contingent, convergent, detergent, diligent, divergent, emergent, exigent, indigent, indulgent, insurgent, intelligent, intransigent, negligent, pageant, pungent, reagent, Regent, resurgent, sergeant, stringent, tangent, urgent. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, convalescent, convenient, convent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indignant, indolent, inducement, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, integument, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-g-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: cento, conge, conte. | |
-2 letters: cent, cone, cote, gent, gone, note, once, tone, tong. | |
-3 letters: cog, con, cot, ego, eng, eon, gen, get, got, net, nog, not, one, teg, ten, toe, tog, ton. | |
-4 letters: en, et, go, ne, no, oe, on, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-g-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: coagent, cognate, congest. | |
+2 letters: coagents, cogently, cognates, congests, coveting, cytogeny, escoting, gerontic, gonocyte, octangle. | |
+3 letters: autogenic, closeting, coediting, coempting, cognately, cognitive, colleting, competing, congested, congruent, conjugate, corseting, cosseting, cotangent, decocting, decongest, docketing, escorting, genotypic, geomantic, gluconate, gonocytes, hectoring, ketogenic, mitogenic, objecting, octangles, oogenetic, pocketing, rocketing, sectoring, socketing, theogonic, tochering, toxigenic, vectoring. | |
+4 letters: anecdotage, beclothing, biogenetic, clingstone, cocreating, coenacting, coequating, coerecting, coexerting, coexisting, collecting, commenting, completing, conceiting, concerting, concreting, confecting, congenital, congesting, congestion, congestive, conglobate, congregant, congregate, conjugated, conjugates, connecting, consenting, constringe, contemning, contending, contenting, contesting, contingent, convecting, conventing, convergent, converting, coquetting, corelating, correcting, cotangents, countering, covetingly, creosoting, crocheting, croqueting, cytogenies, decongests, decorating, egocentric, electroing, erotogenic, estrogenic, ethnologic, geobotanic, geocentric, glauconite, gluconates, iatrogenic, iceboating, lactogenic, nightscope, nongenetic, orogenetic, osteogenic, outechoing, overacting, pathogenic, photogenic, projecting, prosecting, protecting, reclothing, recounting, relocating, restocking, retouching, sectioning, stockinged, technology, trichogyne. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 67 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- --. . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100111 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o g e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0067 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)378173718086 |
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