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cognizance

cognizance

3 8.6
Awareness that something exists or is happening
  • noun
  • /ˈkɒɡnɪzəns/
translation icon : conocimiento
  • 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.

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Examples

  • As policy towards the region develops at the official level, it will have to take cognizance of these other bonds and even loyalties.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Their conception took cognizance of many earlier urban design proposals for this site dating back to the Renaissance.

    Academic text (2006)
  • But I hope you will all take some cognizance of the Ryan budget yesterday.

  • Yet American Pictures, in fact, expressed a significant national cognizance.

    Academic text (2000)
  • 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.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The recent conflict in Assam cannot be understood without taking cognizance of the above background.

    Blog text (30)
  • Having said that, it is equally important to take cognizance of the changing demographic reality of Assam.

    Blog text (30)
  • Confounded, Auguste takes cognizance of his sharply divided perceptions of his adopted daughter.

    Academic text (1990)
  • 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

understanding
vscognizance
871 1.1

The ability to know what something means

is about general knowledge or awareness rather than specifically grasping meaning
awareness
vscognizance
336 3.2

Knowing about something or noticing it

is the broader sense of knowledge rather than mere noticing or sensing
consciousness
vscognizance
229 4.9

Being aware of something, for example a mistake or a risk

is focused on knowledge or awareness of things rather than wakeful state
comprehension
vscognizance
70 3.0

Ability to understand the meaning of what you read or hear

is the general possession of knowledge rather than only understanding meaning
perception
vscognizance
53 4.0

The ability to notice and understand things quickly

is general knowledge or awareness, not specifically sensory noticing or insight
recognition
vscognizance
38 2.7

Becoming aware of something and understanding it clearly

is the broader state of knowledge or awareness, not just a single act
ken
vscognizance
  • Literature
4 9.3

The area of things a person can know or see

is the general state of knowledge rather than only the range someone knows
conversancy
vscognizance
7.9

The state of knowing a subject and having experience with it

is broader as general knowledge or awareness beyond mere familiarity

Antonyms

Not knowing about something

How Aware

expertise
302 4.9
understanding
871 1.1
knowledge
1.0
cognizance
3 8.6
awareness
336 3.2
ignorance
316 3.9
unawareness
2 5.4

Surface Forms

cognizance singular
cognizances plural

Morphology

cognizance = cognizant (transparent) = cogniz + ance

A regular nominalization: 'cognizant' (aware) + the noun-forming suffix '-ance' yields the state or quality of being aware.

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.