cognizance

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun having knowledge of
  2. noun range of what one can know or understand
  3. noun range or scope of what is perceived

Etymology

From Middle English conysaunce, from Old French conysance (“recognition," later, "knowledge”), from Old French conoissance (“acquaintance, recognition; knowledge, wisdom”), from conoistre (“to know”), from Latin cognōscō (“know”), from con- (“with”) + gnōscō (“know”). By surface analysis, cogniz(e) (a back-formation) + -ance.

In classic literature

Synonyms

awareness, consciousness, cognisance, knowingness

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