Definitions for cognitive
ˈkɒg nɪ tɪvcog·ni·tive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. cognitiveadjective

   of or being or relating to or involving cognition

   "cognitive psychology"; "cognitive style"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. cognitiveadjective

   The part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.

2. Etymology: From cognitus, perfect passive participle of cognosco + adjective suffix -ivus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cognitiveadjective

   Having the power of knowing.

   Etymology: from cognitus, Latin.

   Unless the understanding employ and exercise its cognitive or apprehensive power about these terms, there can be no actual apprehension of them. Robert South, Sermons.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Cognitiveadjective

   knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Cognitive

   Of or being or relating to or involving cognition.

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cognitive' in Adjectives Frequency: #916

How to pronounce cognitive?

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cognitive in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cognitive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of cognitive in a Sentence

1. Catherine Carey:

   The natural next step is to study other activities -- not just memory, cognitive tests, what about crafting activities? Something people do naturally because they're enjoyable.

2. Richard Isaacson:

   The next step toward improving cognitive outcomes in widowers at risk should be greater attention toward the types of interventions, support and resources that could maintain brain health, while different types of stress may not be entirely created equal, the significant impact of widowhood is one that requires further study.

3. Susan Kelly:

   In addition, overeating or consuming a lot of calories in a shorter period is linked with an increased risk of memory-related problems and overall cognitive impairment, overeating causes obesity that contributes to diabetes, high blood pressure and heart diseases, which are believed to be further causing Alzheimer’s and other brain illnesses.

4. Jianfeng Feng:

   While we can't say conclusively that Your Sleep causes cognitive problems, our analysis looking at individuals over a longer period of time appears to support this idea, but the reasons why older people have poorer sleep appear to be complex, influenced by a combination of our genetic makeup and the structure of our brains.

5. John Gordon:

   We’ve already opened up Watson’s developer cloud that has been used to build 7,000 apps powered by Watson, it’s been used from retail to legal, and has allowed Watson to move in a number of different areas. I think the industry will keep looking for more and more ways for cognitive computing to interact naturally and continue to learn. Ultimately, AlchemyAPI shared our vision for the next era of computing.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cognitive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cognitive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cognitive
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cognitive
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cognitive