COGNIZANCE


Meaning of COGNIZANCE in English

Note: in BRIT, also use 'cognisance'

1.

If you take ~ 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 ~ of the child’s intellectual activity.

N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n

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