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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n.名词 noun
- 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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nounawareness
Forms: cognizances
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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.
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