cog·ni·tion   (kŏg-nĭsh'ən)    n.   The mental process of knowing, including aspects such as awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment. That which comes to be known, as through perception, reasoning, or intuition; knowledge. [Middle English cognicioun, from Latin cognitiō, cognitiōn-, from cognitus, past participle of cognōscere, to learn : co-, intensive pref.; see co- + gnōscere, to know; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.] cog·ni'tion·al adj.

Cognition

Cog*ni"tion\, n. [L. cognitio, fr. cognoscere, cognitum, to become acquainted with, to know; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to get a knowledge of. See Know, v. t.]

1. The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

I will not be myself nor have cognation Of what I feel: I am all patience. --Shak.

2. That which is known.

Main Entry: cog·ni·tion
Pronunciation: käg-'nish-&n
Function: noun
1 : cognitive mental processes
2 : aconscious intellectual act cognitions>

cognition cog·ni·tion (kŏg-nĭsh'ən)
n.
The mental faculty of knowing, which includes perceiving, recognizing, conceiving, judging, reasoning, and imagining.

cognition   (kŏg-nĭsh'ən)  Pronunciation Key  The mental process of knowing, including awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment.