cognizance
- noun
- /ˈkɒɡnɪzəns/
- After months of study, she finally gained cognizance of the complex theories in psychology.
- take cognizance
But I hope you will all take some cognizance of the Ryan budget yesterday.
- But I hope you will all take some cognizance of the Ryan budget yesterday.
- But it's also, it's also just funnier if, if this person that everyone else can see is having this experience has no, no cognizance of it.
- And with this mere cognizance in which thought and sound and sensation are arising.
- They do not have a deep like cognizance, introspection that over the horizon is the end.
- Is there subconscious or conscious cognizance of how something is being perceived externally and how it's point how it's being appeared?
Examples
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As policy towards the region develops at the official level, it will have to take cognizance of these other bonds and even loyalties.
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Their conception took cognizance of many earlier urban design proposals for this site dating back to the Renaissance.
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But I hope you will all take some cognizance of the Ryan budget yesterday.
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Yet American Pictures, in fact, expressed a significant national cognizance.
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Moreover, they display cognizance of their own musical learning strategies.
Academic text (2016) -
External factors had contributed to a more direct and explicit approach, in the hope that cognizance would be taken of its concerns.
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The recent conflict in Assam cannot be understood without taking cognizance of the above background.
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Having said that, it is equally important to take cognizance of the changing demographic reality of Assam.
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Confounded, Auguste takes cognizance of his sharply divided perceptions of his adopted daughter.
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Such studies have given projections and assumptions based on empirical research, without taking into cognizance the assistance and relevance of historical surveys to predicting the future based on lessons from the past.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
The ability to know what something means
Knowing about something or noticing it
Being aware of something, for example a mistake or a risk
Ability to understand the meaning of what you read or hear
The ability to notice and understand things quickly
Becoming aware of something and understanding it clearly
The area of things a person can know or see
The state of knowing a subject and having experience with it
Antonyms
How Aware
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word cognizance comes from the Latin cognoscere, which means 'to know', and it uses the same root as recognize. So, to take cognizance of something is to notice it and have knowledge or awareness of it.