adj
Meaning 1
Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cogent
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈkəʊd͡ʒn̩t/
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US: /ˈkoʊd͡ʒn̩t/
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adj
Meaning 2
Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The prosecution presented a cogent argument, convincing the jury of the defendant's guilt.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
powerfully persuasive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a cogent argument
- a telling presentation
- a weighty argument
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: telling, weighty
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From French cogent, from Latin cōgēns, present active participle of cōgō (“drive together, compel”), from cō + agō (“drive”).
Across languages
Translations
68 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Breton: gonidus — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Breton: gounidus — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Breton: kendrec'hus — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Bulgarian: състоятелен (sǎstojatelen) — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Bulgarian: достоверен (dostoveren) — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Czech: přesvědčivý — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Danish: overbevisende — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Dutch: overtuigend — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Dutch: steekhoudend — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Finnish: järkevä — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Finnish: järkiperäinen — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- French: convaincant — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- French: persuasif — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- French: cohérent — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Galician: convincente — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- German: überzeugend — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- German: zwingend — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Italian: convincente — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Italian: persuasivo — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Italian: coherente — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Italian: coerente — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Norman: cogent — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Norman: conveincant — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Norman: creyable — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Portuguese: convincente — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Russian: убедительный (ubeditelʹnyj) — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Russian: достове́рный (dostovérnyj) — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Russian: обосно́ванный (obosnóvannyj) — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Russian: состоя́тельный (sostojátelʹnyj) — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Serbo-Croatian: uverljiv — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Serbo-Croatian: uvjerljiv — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Serbo-Croatian: ubedljiv — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Serbo-Croatian: ubjedljiv — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Spanish: contundente — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Swedish: övertygande — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Swedish: bindande — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Turkish: inandırıcı — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Turkish: mantıklı — reasonable and convincing; based on evidence
- Danish: overbevisende — appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning
- Dutch: overtuigend — appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning
- Finnish: järkevä — appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning
- French: intelligible — appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning
- French: logique — appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning
- German: überzeugend — appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning
- Italian: intelligibile — appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning
- Italian: logico — appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning
- Portuguese: coerente — appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning
- Swedish: övertygande — appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning
- Bulgarian: убедителен (ubeditelen) — forcefully persuasive
- Czech: pádný — forcefully persuasive
- Czech: přesvědčivý — forcefully persuasive
- Danish: overbevisende — forcefully persuasive
- Danish: slagkraftig — forcefully persuasive
- Dutch: overtuigend — forcefully persuasive
- Finnish: vakuuttava — forcefully persuasive
- French: irréfutable — forcefully persuasive
- German: überzeugend — forcefully persuasive
- German: schlagend — forcefully persuasive
- German: stichhaltig — forcefully persuasive
- Italian: irrefutabile — forcefully persuasive
- Italian: inconfutabile — forcefully persuasive
- Portuguese: cogente — forcefully persuasive
- Russian: убедительный (ubeditelʹnyj) — forcefully persuasive
- Scottish Gaelic: làidir — forcefully persuasive
- Spanish: irrebatible — forcefully persuasive
- Swedish: slagkraftig — forcefully persuasive
- Swedish: övertygande — forcefully persuasive
- Turkish: ikna edici — forcefully persuasive