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cognizance

/kog-nuh-zuhns, kon-uh-/US // ˈkɒg nə zəns, ˈkɒn ə- //UK // (ˈkɒɡnɪzəns, ˈkɒnɪ-) //

认识,认知,承认,识别

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception: The guests took cognizance of the snide remark.
    • : Law. judicial notice as taken by a court in dealing with a cause.the right of taking jurisdiction, as possessed by a court.acknowledgment; admission, as a plea admitting the fact alleged in the declaration.
    • : the range or scope of knowledge, observation, etc.: Such understanding is beyond his cognizance.
    • : Heraldry. a device by which a person or a person's servants or property can be recognized; badge.

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Examples

  • In our chat, the company joked that its culture is to move quickly, but with the cognizance that they aren’t curing cancer.

  • He did not seem to take cognizance of the fact that we had a two weeks' board-bill to pay before we should get that far.

  • All that we know is that they existed from the remotest period of which we have cognizance, long before the pyramids were built.

  • Hesitatingly she came forward, and Houston's dulled mentality at last took cognizance that a hand was extended slightly.

  • Wherefore he prays judgment whether this court can or will take further cognizance of the action aforesaid.

  • But there are wrongs which are not punishable by the law, being too small and undefinable for its cognizance.