cognition

Other forms of cognition

plural

cognitions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cognition

What does cognition mean?

cognition means "the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning".

How many syllables are in cognition?

cognition has 3 syllables: cog-nit-ion. The stress falls on "nit". In IPA it is /kɑɡˈnɪʃən/.

What is another word for cognition?

Close synonyms include knowledge, noesis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cognition a common word?

cognition is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with cognition?

10 words rhyme with cognition. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.