noun
Meaning 1
A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
cohort
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ̯ˌhɔːt/
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Received-Pronunciation: [ˈkhəʊ̯ˌhɔːt]
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General-American: /ˈkoʊ̯ˌhɔɹt/
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General-American: [ˈkhoʊ̯ˌhɔɹt]
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈkəʉ̯ˌhoːt/
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Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈkhəʉ̯ˌhoːt]
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rhymes with -əʊhɔː(ɹ)t
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noun
Meaning 2
A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
Examples
- The 18–24 cohort shows a sharp increase in automobile fatalities over the proximate age groupings.
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noun
Meaning 3
Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 or 600 men (equalling about six centuries).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ancient-Rome, historical
Topics: government, military, politics, war
Examples
- Holonym: legion
- Meronyms: maniple, century
- Three cohorts of men were assigned to the region.
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noun
Meaning 4
An accomplice; abettor; associate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He was able to plea down his sentence by revealing the names of three of his cohorts, as well as the source of the information.
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noun
Meaning 5
Any band or body of warriors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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noun
Meaning 7
A colleague.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The students in my cohort for my organic chemistry class this year are not up to snuff. Last year's cohort scored much higher averages on the mid-term.
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noun
Meaning 9
A fan of American author Colleen Hoover (born 1979).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: lifestyle
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verb
Meaning 10
To associate with such a group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 11
a group of people having approximately the same age
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: age group, age bracket
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: people
Narrower terms: aged, elderly, young, youth
noun
Meaning 12
a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: set, circle, band, lot
noun
Meaning 13
a company of companions or supporters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: company
History
Etymology
From Latin cohors (stem cohort-); borrowed into Old English as coorta, but reintroduced into Middle English as cōhort and chōors via Old French cohorte. Doublet of court.
Blend of CoHo (“Colleen Hoover”) + cohort.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: cohort — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- Czech: kohorta — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- Esperanto: kohorto — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- Estonian: kohort — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- Finnish: joukko — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- German: Klasse — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- German: Gruppe — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- Macedonian: истомисле́ници (istomislénici) — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- Polish: kolektyw — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- Portuguese: seguidores — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- Portuguese: seguidoras — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- Russian: коллекти́в (kollektív) — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- Russian: гру́ппа (grúppa) — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- Russian: компа́ния (kompánija) — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- Russian: кого́рта (kogórta) — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- Slovak: kohorta — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- Spanish: seguidores — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- Spanish: cohorte — group of people supporting the same thing or person
- Catalan: cohort — demographic grouping of people
- Chinese Mandarin: 群組 /群组 (qúnzǔ) — demographic grouping of people
- Chinese Mandarin: 同期群 (tóngqīqún) — demographic grouping of people
- Danish: kohorte — demographic grouping of people
- Estonian: kohort — demographic grouping of people
- Finnish: kohortti — demographic grouping of people
- French: cohorte — demographic grouping of people
- Georgian: კოჰორტა (ḳohorṭa) — demographic grouping of people
- German: Kohorte — demographic grouping of people
- German: Klasse — demographic grouping of people
- German: Kategorie — demographic grouping of people
- Indonesian: kohor — demographic grouping of people
- Italian: coorte — demographic grouping of people
- Kazakh: шоғырланым (şoğyrlanym) — demographic grouping of people
- Kazakh: шоғартоп (şoğartop) — demographic grouping of people
- Polish: kohorta — demographic grouping of people
- Portuguese: coorte — demographic grouping of people
- Russian: кого́рта (kogórta) — demographic grouping of people
- Slovak: kohorta — demographic grouping of people
- Slovene: kohorta — demographic grouping of people
- Spanish: cohorte — demographic grouping of people
- Swedish: kohort — demographic grouping of people
- Basque: kohorte — division of Roman legion
- Belarusian: каго́рта (kahórta) — division of Roman legion
- Catalan: cohort — division of Roman legion
- Czech: kohorta — division of Roman legion
- Esperanto: kohorto — division of Roman legion
- Estonian: kohort — division of Roman legion
- Finnish: kohortti — division of Roman legion
- German: Kohorte — division of Roman legion
- Italian: coorte — division of Roman legion
- Macedonian: ко́хорт (kóhort) — division of Roman legion
- Polish: kohorta — division of Roman legion
- Portuguese: coorte — division of Roman legion
- Russian: кого́рта (kogórta) — division of Roman legion
- Slovak: kohorta — division of Roman legion
- Slovene: kohorta — division of Roman legion
- Spanish: cohorte — division of Roman legion
- Ukrainian: кого́рта (kohórta) — division of Roman legion
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