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How to use cognizant in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective

Cognizant means aware; fully informed; having understanding of a fact. Example: “The defendant is cognizant that this is a serious charge.”

Examples of cognizant by meaning

adjectiveAware; fully informed; having understanding of a fact.

  • The defendant is cognizant that this is a serious charge.
  • The United States was cognizant of the need to ensure that the U.S.2018, David Albright, Andrea Stricker, chapter 6, in Taiwan’s Former Nuclear Weapons Program: Nuclear Weapons On-demand, Washington, DC...
  • At the same time, we were cognisant that careful scholars should never solely rely on their own impressionistic observations, and, that our own impressions were inexact and not capable of being quantified.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual...

adjectiveSapient; self-aware.

  • Is the cat truly cognizant in any real way?
  • It is important to note that zombies are not cognizant life forms.2011 April 30, United States Strategic Command, CONPLAN 8888-11 "COUNTER-ZOMBIE DOMINANCE" (PDF), archived from the original on 15 Mar...

More sentences with cognizant

  • He was equally cognizant of the "ludic" (playful) component in the rituals of archaic societies.2019, Tom F. Driver, Liberating Rites. From the entry ergonic
  • Even jailers, although they tend to make prison life their central concern, are cognizant that they will return to the outside community.1987, John Irwin, The Felon, page 86. From the entry gleaner
  • Among themselves they communicate by means of what Perry says must be a sixth sense which is cognizant of a fourth dimension.1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter V, in At the Earth's Core. From the entry sixth sense
  • We live in a fast-paced society, and if you don't take time to slow down and be alone, then you won't be cognizant of the life you're living.2020, Kiki Ely, Complete Guide to Self-Care, page 137. From the entry check in with oneself
  • Or, shall we play the doctrinaire, and hint that at thirty-four the tides of life are calmer and cognizant of many sources instead of but one—as at four-and-twenty?1909 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Renaissance at Charleroi”, in Roads of Destiny, Garden City, N.Y.…. From the entry doctrinaire

Meaning of cognizant

  1. adjective Aware; fully informed; having understanding of a fact.
  2. adjective Sapient; self-aware.

Full definition of cognizant

Questions about cognizant in a sentence

How do you use cognizant in a sentence?
Cognizant is used as an adjective. For example: “The defendant is cognizant that this is a serious charge.”
What is a short sentence with cognizant?
“Is the cat truly cognizant in any real way?”
What does cognizant mean?
Cognizant means aware; fully informed; having understanding of a fact.

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