Definition of cognitions in English

Wiktionary

cognitions (Noun)
Plural of cognition.

Part of speech

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cognitions, noun, plural of cognition.

WordNet

Noun Plural: cognitions
cognition - the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
		knowledge, noesis
		psychological feature a feature of the mental life of a living organism
		nous, psyche, brain, mind, head common sense; "she has great social nous"
		place an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"
		general knowledge, public knowledge knowledge that is available to anyone
		episteme the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time
		ability, power the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
		inability lacking the power to perform
		lexis all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function
		mental lexicon, lexicon, vocabulary a language user's knowledge of words
		practice a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"
		cognitive factor something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result
		equivalent the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen
		cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process, process, operation a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
		unconscious process, process a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
		perception the process of perceiving
		structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
		cognitive content, mental object, content the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
		information (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"
		history the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"

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Wiktionary

cognition (Noun)
The process of knowing.
cognition (Noun)
A result of a cognitive process.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

cognition (v. t.)
The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.
cognition (v. t.)
That which is known.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

cognition
The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge through thought, experience and senses.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

cognition
kog-nish′un, n. certain knowledge: apprehension.—adj. Cog′nisable, that may be known or understood: that may be judicially investigated.—adv. Cog′nisably.—ns. Cog′nisance, Cog′nizance, knowledge or notice, judicial or private: observation: jurisdiction: that by which one is known, a badge.—adj. Cog′nisant, having cognisance or knowledge of.—v.t. Cog′nise, to become conscious of.—adj. Cog′nitive, capable of, or pertaining to, cognition.—Have cognisance of, to have knowledge of. [L., from cognoscĕre, cognitum—co-, together, and noscĕre, gnoscĕre, to know.]