Cognizance
21cognizance — also cognisance BrE noun (U) formal 1 knowledge or understanding of something 2 take cognizance of to understand something and consider it when you take action or make a decision …
22cognizance — UK [ˈkɒɡnɪz(ə)ns] / US [ˈkɑɡnɪzəns] / US [kɑɡˈnaɪzəns] noun [uncountable] formal the process by which you recognize and understand something • take cognizance of something Derived word: cognizant UK / US adjective …
23cognizance — noun ˈkaɡnɨzəns a) An emblem, badge or device, used as a distinguishing mark by the body of retainers of a royal or noble house. b) Notice or awareness. S …
24cognizance — Synonyms and related words: acknowledgment, apperception, appreciation, appreciativeness, attention, awareness, benediction, cognition, consciousness, credit, crediting, due, grace, heed, hymn, insight, knowledge, mark, mind, mindfulness, noesis …
25cognizance — [14] Latin gnōscere meant ‘know’ (it is related to know and notion). From it was derived the compound verb cognōscere ‘get to know, recognize, acknowledge’. Its present participial stem cognōscent formed the basis of a Vulgar Latin noun… …
26cognizance — n. Knowledge, cognition, knowing, observation, notice …
27cognizance — n 1. knowledge, familiarity, acquaintance, ken; percipience, discernment, discrimination; connoisseurship, sophistication, urbanity. 2. awareness, consciousness, sentience, sensibility, sensitivity; observation, notice, note, regard; observance,… …
28cognizance — cog·ni·zance …
29cognizance — n. extent of knowledge; notice, especially judicial; awareness; distinctive badge. ♦ cognizant, a. taking notice; having knowledge. ♦ cognize, v.t. perceive; take notice of …
30cognizance — Acknowledgment; recognition; jurisdiction. Precisely, the assumption of jurisdiction. Kendall v United States (US) 12 Pet 524, 622, 9 L Ed 1181, 1220 …
