COGNISANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cognisance mean? 

• COGNISANCE (noun)
  The noun COGNISANCE has 1 sense:

1. having knowledge of

  Familiarity information: COGNISANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COGNISANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having knowledge of

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

awareness; cognisance; cognizance; consciousness; knowingness

Context example:

their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive

Hypernyms ("cognisance" is a kind of...):

knowing (a clear and certain mental apprehension)

Attribute:

aware; cognisant; cognizant ((sometimes followed by 'of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception)

incognizant; unaware ((often followed by 'of') not aware)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cognisance"):

self-awareness (awareness of your own individuality)

feel (an intuitive awareness)

sense (a general conscious awareness)

Derivation:

cognisant ((sometimes followed by 'of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception)

cognise (be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about)