"cogent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkəʊd͡ʒn̩t/ [UK], /ˈkoʊd͡ʒn̩t/ [US] Audio: en-us-cogent.ogg [US], en-au-cogent.ogg [Australia] Forms: more cogent [comparative], most cogent [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊdʒn̩t, -oʊdʒn̩t Etymology: From Latin cōgēns, present active participle of cōgō (“drive together, compel”), from cō + agō (“drive”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-}}, {{bor|en|la|cōgēns}} Latin cōgēns, {{m|la|cōgō||drive together, compel}} cōgō (“drive together, compel”), {{m|la|cō}} cō, {{m|la|agō||drive}} agō (“drive”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} cogent (comparative more cogent, superlative most cogent)
  1. Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence. Translations (reasonable and convincing; based on evidence): gonidus (Breton), gounidus (Breton), kendrec'hus (Breton), състоятелен (sǎstojatelen) (Bulgarian), достоверен (dostoveren) (Bulgarian), overbevisende (Danish), overtuigend (Dutch), steekhoudend (Dutch), järkevä (Finnish), järkiperäinen (Finnish), convaincant (French), persuasif (French), cohérent (French), convincente (Galician), überzeugend (German), zwingend (German), convincente (Italian), persuasivo (Italian), coherente (Italian), coerente (Italian), cogent (Norman), conveincant (Norman), creyable (Norman), convincente (Portuguese), убедительный (ubeditelʹnyj) (Russian), достове́рный (dostovérnyj) (Russian), обосно́ванный (obosnóvannyj) (Russian), uverljiv (Serbo-Croatian), uvjerljiv (Serbo-Croatian), ubedljiv (Serbo-Croatian), ubjedljiv (Serbo-Croatian), convincente (Spanish), persuasivo (Spanish), övertygande (Swedish), bindande [law] (Swedish), inandırıcı (Turkish), mantıklı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-cogent-en-adj-CytH3yYL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 3 30 Disambiguation of 'reasonable and convincing; based on evidence': 94 1 5
  2. Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning. Translations (appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning): overbevisende (Danish), overtuigend (Dutch), järkevä (Finnish), intelligible (French), logique (French), überzeugend (German), intelligibile (Italian), logico (Italian), coerente (Portuguese), inteligible (Spanish), lógico (Spanish), övertygande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cogent-en-adj-yHYDIeY4 Disambiguation of 'appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning': 2 98 0
  3. Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent. Translations (forcefully persuasive): убедителен (ubeditelen) (Bulgarian), overbevisende (Danish), slagkraftig (Danish), overtuigend (Dutch), vakuuttava (Finnish), irréfutable (French), überzeugend (German), schlagend (German), stichhaltig (German), irrefutabile (Italian), inconfutabile (Italian), cogente (Portuguese), убедительный (ubeditelʹnyj) (Russian), làidir (Scottish Gaelic), irrefutable (Spanish), irrebatible (Spanish), slagkraftig (Swedish), övertygande (Swedish), ikna edici (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-cogent-en-adj-eL3hliZ4 Disambiguation of 'forcefully persuasive': 12 1 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cogency Related terms: cache, coagulate, squat

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        "3": "",
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      ]
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    {
      "word": "coagulate"
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      "word": "squat"
    }
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        }
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        }
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        "Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent."
      ],
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          "forcefully"
        ],
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          "persuasive"
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          "pertinent"
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈkoʊd͡ʒn̩t/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊdʒn̩t"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oʊdʒn̩t"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/En-au-cogent.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "gonidus"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "gounidus"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "kendrec'hus"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎstojatelen",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "състоятелен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dostoveren",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "достоверен"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "overbevisende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "overtuigend"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "steekhoudend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "järkevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "järkiperäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "convaincant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "persuasif"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "cohérent"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "convincente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "überzeugend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "zwingend"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "convincente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "persuasivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "coherente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "coerente"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "cogent"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "conveincant"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "creyable"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "convincente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubeditelʹnyj",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "убедительный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dostovérnyj",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "достове́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obosnóvannyj",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "обосно́ванный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "uverljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "uvjerljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "ubedljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "ubjedljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "convincente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "persuasivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "övertygande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "word": "bindande"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "inandırıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "reasonable and convincing; based on evidence",
      "word": "mantıklı"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning",
      "word": "overbevisende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning",
      "word": "overtuigend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning",
      "word": "järkevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning",
      "word": "intelligible"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning",
      "word": "logique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning",
      "word": "überzeugend"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning",
      "word": "intelligibile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning",
      "word": "logico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning",
      "word": "coerente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning",
      "word": "inteligible"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning",
      "word": "lógico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning",
      "word": "övertygande"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ubeditelen",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "убедителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "overbevisende"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "slagkraftig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "overtuigend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "vakuuttava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "irréfutable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "überzeugend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "schlagend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "stichhaltig"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "irrefutabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "inconfutabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "cogente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubeditelʹnyj",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "убедительный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "làidir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "irrefutable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "irrebatible"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "slagkraftig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "övertygande"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "forcefully persuasive",
      "word": "ikna edici"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cogent"
}

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