cognizing
cognizing is the present participle and gerund of cognize.
cognizing is the alternative form of cognising.
Meaning of cognize
Verb
cognize (third-person singular simple present cognizes, present participle cognizing, simple past and past participle cognized)
- To know, perceive, or become aware of.
- [T]hey must possess organs of sight—some method of cognizing their environment—akin to that of vision in man.1934, George Henry Weiss, The Mentanicals
- To make into an object of cognition (the process of acquiring knowledge through thought); to cogitate.
- Cognizing about mind is a ubiquitous human activity; we consistently construe each other as agents undertaking intentional action based on our underlying beliefs and desires (and not as "bags of skin stuffed into pieces of cloth")2011, Usha Goswami, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development
Meaning of cognising
Noun
cognising (plural cognisings)
- An act of cognition.
- Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings.2009, Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition, page 194
Forms of cognizing
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Questions about cognizing
- What is cognizing the present participle and gerund of?
- Cognizing is the present participle and gerund of cognize.
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