cognition

From Middle English cognicion, from Latin cognitio (“knowledge, perception, a judicial examination, trial”), from cognitus, past participle of cognoscere (“to know”), from co- (“together”) + *gnoscere, older form of noscere (“to know”); see know, and compare cognize, cognizance, cognizor, cognosce, connoisseur.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒɡˈnɪʃ.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kɑɡˈnɪʃ.ən/, /kɔɡˈnɪʃ.ən/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kɔɡˈnɪʃ.ən/
• Hyphenation: cog‧ni‧tion

Noun

cognition (countable and uncountable, plural cognitions)

1. The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.
2. (countable) A result of a cognitive process.