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cognizant

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cog·ni·zant  (kgn-znt)
adj.
Fully informed; conscious. See Synonyms at aware.

[From cognizance.]

cognizant, cognisant [ˈkɒgnɪzənt ˈkɒnɪ-]
adj
(usually foll by of) aware; having knowledge
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.cognizant - (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit"
awake - not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake"
witting - aware or knowing; "a witting tool of the Communists"
conscious - knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts; "remained conscious during the operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious that he was being followed"
sensible, sensitive - able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin"

cognizant cognisant
adjective knowledgeable, aware, familiar, informed, conscious, versed, switched-on (informal), acquainted, sussed (Brit. slang), conversant, clued-up (informal) Every man must be assumed to be cognizant of the law; ignorance is no excuse.
Translations
cognizant [ˈkɒgnɪzənt] ADJ to be cognizant ofsaber, estar enterado de
cognizant [ˈkɒgnɪzənt] cognisant (British) adj (formal) (= conscious) → conscient(e)
cognizant
adj (form)
(= aware, conscious) to be cognizant of somethingsich (dat)einer Sache (gen)bewusst sein
(= having jurisdiction)zuständig
cognizant cognisant [ˈkɒgnɪzənt] adj to be cognizant of (frm) → rendersi conto di
cognizant cognisant [ˈkɒgnɪzənt] adj to be cognizant of (frm) → rendersi conto di


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Instead of first defining the conceptions of freedom and inevitability in themselves, and then ranging the phenomena of life under those definitions, history should deduce a definition of the conception of freedom and inevitability themselves from the immense quantity of phenomena of which it is cognizant and that always appear dependent on these two elements.
Let us hope that our theory is correct, and that their shafts are powerless against minds cognizant of their unreality.
Among themselves they communicate by means of what Perry says must be a sixth sense which is cognizant of a fourth dimension.
 
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