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Definition of cognitive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cognitive

adjective
 
/ˈkɒɡnətɪv/
 
/ˈkɑːɡnətɪv/
[usually before noun]
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  1. connected with mental processes of understanding
    • a child’s cognitive development
    • cognitive psychology
    • They are studying the links between cognitive and linguistic development in young children.
    • This is both a cognitive and an emotional process.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCognitive is used with these nouns:
    • deficit
    • development
    • disability
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin cognitivus, from cognit- ‘known’, from the verb cognoscere ‘get to know’.
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