Cognizance is an English word with synonyms like knowing or awareness. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Cognizance in a sentence
Cognizance meaning
- An emblem, badge or device, used as a distinguishing mark by the body of retainers of a royal or noble house.
- Notice or awareness.
- Jurisdiction.
Synonyms of Cognizance
Using Cognizance
- The main meaning on this page is: An emblem, badge or device, used as a distinguishing mark by the body of retainers of a royal or noble house. | Notice or awareness. | Jurisdiction.
- Useful related words include: knowing, awareness, consciousness, cognisance.
- In the example corpus, cognizance often appears in combinations such as: cognizance of, took cognizance, taken cognizance.
Context around Cognizance
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cognizance
- In this selection, "cognizance" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, took, taking, take and offers stand out and add context to how "cognizance" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include suo motu cognizance of the and attitude taking cognizance of our. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cognizance" sits close to words such as acrimony, aerosmith and albus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cognizance
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There’s a similar rampant cognizance of big American landmarks. (10 words)
It does not take the views of others into cognizance. (10 words)
This is a stark reality and we need to take cognizance. (11 words)
Last year, taking cognizance of the government’s concerns over the misuse of its platform for repeated circulation of provocative content, Facebook-owned WhatsApp wrote to the IT Ministry saying the company is horrified by terrible acts of violence. (39 words)
But my able Governor who has obstinately strutted himself as Mr. President’s first male child did not take cognizance of the fact, consequently, we saw how etched the killing of people and destruction of properties became thereafter. (38 words)
The floor of the House is not meant to demean any religion and we expect the Speaker will take cognizance of this fact and not allow any person to spew hatred against other faiths,” he said. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to the Bandra GRP, they have taken cognizance of the video and will take action against the suspects.
After the 2013 Kedarnath tragedy, the supreme court had taken suo motu cognizance of the matter and formed a committee, he said.
Nevertheless, the Supreme Court took cognizance in the De Silva Case of the psychiatrist’s report which explained that husband’s psychological incapacity was rooted in his upbringing long before his marriage.
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Taking cognizance of the social media posts, the EC wrote to the chief secretary to take action against Kumar.
The floor of the House is not meant to demean any religion and we expect the Speaker will take cognizance of this fact and not allow any person to spew hatred against other faiths,” he said.
The matter was brought to the cognizance of the collector of Morena, Ankit Asthana, who observed that secretary Jatav has been absconding from his duties and is exercising gross carelessness in his work.
He pointed out that Tiong and PDP are assuming a more responsible political attitude, taking cognizance of our multiracial, multicultural and multi-religious society and the various sensitivities involved.
Just 48 hours after the incident in Sendhwa, judge Tiwari took suo motu cognizance of the case.
Minister Shri Patel said that after receiving information about giving benefits of Sambal Yojana to the living people in Bhopal district, he immediately took cognizance of the matter and ordered action against the concerned officials.
There’s a similar rampant cognizance of big American landmarks.
It does not take the views of others into cognizance.
Navigating political conversations can be difficult when topics like healthcare, environmental change, social justice and coronavirus policy are at the forefront of the public cognizance.
Taking special cognizance of the matter, the Ministry has decided to postpone the regulation to next year,” said a ministry official.
The FIR was lodged after the social media monitoring team of Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell took cognizance of the controversial Facebook posts on May 21.
The Government of India is said to have taken due cognizance of the issue and is reportedly in the process of examining the risks involved with using these apps on a per app basis.
This is a stark reality and we need to take cognizance.
But my able Governor who has obstinately strutted himself as Mr. President’s first male child did not take cognizance of the fact, consequently, we saw how etched the killing of people and destruction of properties became thereafter.
Last year, taking cognizance of the government’s concerns over the misuse of its platform for repeated circulation of provocative content, Facebook-owned WhatsApp wrote to the IT Ministry saying the company is horrified by terrible acts of violence.
Common combinations with cognizance
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- cognizance of 29×
- took cognizance 8×
- taken cognizance 5×
- taking cognizance 5×
- take cognizance 5×
- research cognizance 4×
- motu cognizance 3×
- cognizance in 2×
- cognizance has 2×
- the cognizance 2×