cognition
Syllables: cog·ni·tion/kɔɡˈnɪʃ.ən/UK/kɒɡˈnɪʃ.ən/
cognition noun: the process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.
Noun
cognition (countable and uncountable, plural cognitions)
cognition meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
cognition in Hindi
- process of knowing
- संज्ञान sañjñān, बोध bodh
cognition in Tamil
- தெரிநிலை, அறியும் ஆற்றல், அறிவு, அறிகை, கவனிப்பு, அறிதல் நிலை
cognition in Urdu
- cognition, intuition, comprehension, grasp, nous, perception, perspicacity, understanding
- ادراک idrāk
cognition in Bengali
- cognition
- জ্ঞান gễn
- cognition, knowledge, wisdom
- দৃষ্টি driśṭi
More languagesFewer languages
- cognition in Malayalam
- അവബോധം, അറിവ്, അന്തർദർനം, ജ്ഞാനം
- cognition in Kannada
- ಗ್ರಹಣ, ಅರಿವು, ಸಂವೇದನೆ, ಜ್ಞಾನ
- cognition in Punjabi
- ਸੰਗਿਆਨ saṅgiāna
- cognition in Vietnamese
- nhận thức
Examples of cognition in a sentence
- Children develop cognition rapidly in their early years.
- The study focused on animal cognition.
Forms of cognition
| plural | cognitions |
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Origin of cognition
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.
Words formed from cognition
- biocognition
- cognification
- cognite
- cognitional
- cognitohazard
- cognitologist
- cognitology
- commognition
- enclothed cognition
- forecognition
- hypocognition
- implicit cognition
- incognition
- intercognition
- intracognition
- metacognition
- miscognition
- neurocognition
- noncognition
- postcognition
- precognition
- recognition
- retrocognition
Questions about cognition
- What does cognition mean?
- Cognition means the process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.
- What is cognition in Hindi?
- Cognition in Hindi is संज्ञान (sañjñān), बोध (bodh). See Cognition meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use cognition in a sentence?
- Children develop cognition rapidly in their early years.
- What part of speech is cognition?
- Cognition is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cognition?
- Cognition is pronounced /kɒɡˈnɪʃ.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cognition?
- The plural of cognition is cognitions.
Words near cognition in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cognition (page history and authors); cognition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ادراک (Urdu) (page history and authors); জ্ঞান (Bengali) (page history and authors); cognition (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); cognition (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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