transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒgnɪz(ə)ns ]
Note: in BRIT, also use 'cognisance'
1.
If you take cognizance of something, you take notice of it or acknowledge it. ( FORMAL )
The government failed to take cognisance of their protest.
= acknowledge
PHRASE : V inflects
2.
Cognizance is knowledge or understanding. ( FORMAL )
...the teacher’s developing cognizance of the child’s intellectual activity.
N-UNCOUNT : oft N of n