--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 44 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/44/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 44 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/43/) **44** [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/45/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) **cocky** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Too confident and sure of yourself in an annoying or rude way.[↗](../../cocky/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Australia, informal) A cockatoo, the noisy crested parrot.[↗](../../cocky/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Australia, informal) A farmer, especially a small farmer («a cow cocky»).[↗](../../cocky/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He got cocky after winning and lost the next game.[↗](../../cocky/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be so cocky — the test isn't marked yet.[↗](../../cocky/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cocky hare stopped for a nap and the tortoise won.[↗](../../cocky/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A flock of cockies screeched in the gum trees.[↗](../../cocky/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Australia)[↗](../../cocky/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a cocky with sheep and wheat.[↗](../../cocky/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Australia)[↗](../../cocky/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave a cocky grin as she crossed the finish line.[↗](../../cocky/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Yes, he is rather cocky,” Wendy admitted with regret.[↗](../../cocky/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **coco** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The coconut palm, the tall tropical tree that grows coconuts; also short for coconut in words like «coco fibre» and «coco husk».[↗](../../coco/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Coco is a first name or pet name for people and animals, for example the fashion designer Coco Chanel or a pet dog called Coco.[↗](../../coco/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Part of brand and film names, such as the breakfast cereal Coco Pops and the Disney film «Coco» about the Mexican Day of the Dead.[↗](../../coco/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The coco palm grows along tropical beaches.[↗](../../coco/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum lined the hanging basket with coco fibre.[↗](../../coco/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our neighbour's poodle is called Coco.[↗](../../coco/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the film «Coco» about a boy and his family's music.[↗](../../coco/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Coco Chanel was a famous French fashion designer.[↗](../../coco/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a bowl of Coco Pops before school.[↗](../../coco/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cocoa** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cocoa is a brown powder made from roasted cacao beans, used to make chocolate drinks and to flavour cakes.[↗](../../cocoa/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Cocoa is a hot drink made from this powder with milk or water, also called hot chocolate.[↗](../../cocoa/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Cocoa beans grow in pods on the cacao tree in hot tropical countries.[↗](../../cocoa/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum made us a mug of hot cocoa.[↗](../../cocoa/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Add two spoons of cocoa powder to the cake mix.[↗](../../cocoa/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cocoa beans grow in big pods on trees.[↗](../../cocoa/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Chocolate is made from cocoa beans.[↗](../../cocoa/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Most cocoa is grown in West Africa.[↗](../../cocoa/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cocoa tastes bitter without sugar.[↗](../../cocoa/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Fair trade cocoa helps farmers get a fair price.[↗](../../cocoa/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We drank cocoa by the campfire.[↗](../../cocoa/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **coconut** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A coconut is the large, hard, hairy brown fruit of a palm tree, with white flesh and liquid inside.[↗](../../coconut/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Coconut is the white flesh used in cooking and sweets.[↗](../../coconut/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Coconuts grow on palm trees.[↗](../../coconut/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We cracked open a coconut and drank the water.[↗](../../coconut/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · This cake has coconut on top.[↗](../../coconut/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A coconut is very hard on the outside.[↗](../../coconut/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Coconut milk makes the curry creamy.[↗](../../coconut/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Coconuts can float across the ocean.[↗](../../coconut/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't sit right under a coconut palm; a falling coconut can hurt.[↗](../../coconut/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Tall palm trees grew in long rows on the shore and bore coconuts in their top branches.[↗](../../coconut/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **cocoon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cocoon is a silky case that some insect larvae, like moths and silkworms, spin around themselves to change into adults.[↗](../../cocoon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A cocoon is any soft, warm, safe covering that wraps around someone: «a cocoon of blankets».[↗](../../cocoon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To cocoon someone is to wrap them up or protect them from the world.[↗](../../cocoon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The caterpillar spun a cocoon on the branch.[↗](../../cocoon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A moth came out of the cocoon.[↗](../../cocoon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Silk is made from silkworm cocoons.[↗](../../cocoon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I was cocooned in my sleeping bag.[↗](../../cocoon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Inside the cocoon, the caterpillar changes completely.[↗](../../cocoon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby was cocooned in a soft blanket.[↗](../../cocoon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Butterflies make a chrysalis, not a cocoon.[↗](../../cocoon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't open a cocoon; let the insect come out by itself.[↗](../../cocoon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **cod** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cod is a large sea fish with white flesh, eaten a lot as food, especially in fish and chips.[↗](../../cod/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, informal) «Cod» before a word means fake or pretend, not real: a cod accent, cod science.[↗](../../cod/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* COD (cash on delivery) means paying when goods are delivered, in some countries.[↗](../../cod/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can I have cod and chips, please?[↗](../../cod/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cod is a fish with flaky white flesh.[↗](../../cod/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much fishing made the cod disappear near Newfoundland.[↗](../../cod/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma made us take cod liver oil in winter.[↗](../../cod/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The fishermen caught three huge cod.[↗](../../cod/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK, informal) He put on a cod French accent to make us laugh.[↗](../../cod/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Britain and Iceland once argued about cod fishing.[↗](../../cod/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Choose cod with a label saying it was caught sustainably.[↗](../../cod/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · All good things go in threes, so Matte and his wife fished for salmon in spring, for herring in summer, and for cod in winter.[↗](../../cod/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Barges''\*) quotes, from the Paris Cod.[↗](../../cod/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") 7()'2 the following passage, which occurs also in the Brit.[↗](../../cod/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../cod/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **code** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A code is a system of letters, numbers or signs used to send secret messages.[↗](../../code/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Code is the instructions written for a computer, and coding is writing them.[↗](../../code/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A code is a set of numbers or letters used to identify or unlock something, like a door code or postcode.[↗](../../code/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A code is a set of rules: a dress code, a code of conduct.[↗](../../code/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We wrote a secret message in code.[↗](../../code/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you crack my code?[↗](../../code/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I learned to code a simple game.[↗](../../code/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The door opens when you type the code.[↗](../../code/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · What is your postcode?[↗](../../code/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In Morse code, SOS is three dots, three dashes, three dots.[↗](../../code/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The school has a dress code.[↗](../../code/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My code had a bug, so I fixed it.[↗](../../code/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He was a very wise little boy, and he knew that, in Uncle Remus's eyes, he had been guilty of a flagrant violation of the family code.[↗](../../code/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **codex** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An old book written by hand, with pages bound together, especially an ancient or medieval book.[↗](../../codex/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A book of laws or rules (old use).[↗](../../codex/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The codex was written by monks on animal skin.[↗](../../codex/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Maya painted their codices on bark paper.[↗](../../codex/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks are called codices.[↗](../../codex/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A codex has pages you turn, but a scroll is rolled up.[↗](../../codex/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest Bibles.[↗](../../codex/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **codfish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A codfish is a large sea fish that people eat.[↗](../../codfish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) «Codfish» is an insult for a foolish, dull person, as in «only a codfish».[↗](../../codfish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We ate fried codfish for supper.[↗](../../codfish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain was furious to be called a codfish.[↗](../../codfish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fishermen brought in a boat full of codfish.[↗](../../codfish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **codswallop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, UK, Australia, NZ) Nonsense; something that is silly and untrue: «That's a load of codswallop!».[↗](../../codswallop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «The dog ate my homework?[↗](../../codswallop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") What a load of codswallop!»[↗](../../codswallop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad said the advert's promises were utter codswallop.[↗](../../codswallop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · That story about a monster in the school basement is complete codswallop.[↗](../../codswallop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Codswallop!» shouted the old man at the telly.[↗](../../codswallop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't believe that codswallop about chocolate making you fly.[↗](../../codswallop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist showed that the claim was codswallop by doing a fair test.[↗](../../codswallop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **coelacanth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A coelacanth is a large, rare, deep-sea fish with thick fleshy fins, a very old kind of fish once thought to have died out with the dinosaurs.[↗](../../coelacanth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is often called a «living fossil» because it looks much like its fossil relatives from millions of years ago.[↗](../../coelacanth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The coelacanth was thought to be extinct for millions of years.[↗](../../coelacanth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A fisherman caught a living coelacanth.[↗](../../coelacanth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists call the coelacanth a living fossil.[↗](../../coelacanth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Coelacanths live in deep, dark water near caves.[↗](../../coelacanth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Its fins move a little like legs.[↗](../../coelacanth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a model coelacanth at the natural history museum.[↗](../../coelacanth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **coeliac** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Coeliac disease is an illness in which eating gluten, found in wheat, barley and rye, damages the gut.[↗](../../coeliac/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who has coeliac disease.[↗](../../coeliac/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My friend is coeliac, so she eats gluten-free bread.[↗](../../coeliac/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Coeliac disease damages the gut.[↗](../../coeliac/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The café has a coeliac-friendly menu.[↗](../../coeliac/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the label for gluten if a coeliac is coming to the party.[↗](../../coeliac/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He was diagnosed with coeliac disease last year.[↗](../../coeliac/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Coeliacs must avoid wheat, barley and rye.[↗](../../coeliac/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **coercion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Making someone do something by using force or threats, so they have no real choice.[↗](../../coercion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (law) Pressure that is against the law, such as forcing someone to sign something or controlling someone by threats.[↗](../../coercion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He only signed the paper under coercion.[↗](../../coercion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bullying can include coercion, like "Do this or else".[↗](../../coercion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A promise made under coercion is not a free promise.[↗](../../coercion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The king ruled by coercion, not by kindness.[↗](../../coercion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If someone online pressures you, it is coercion — tell a trusted adult.[↗](../../coercion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Persuasion uses reasons; coercion uses threats.[↗](../../coercion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **coeval** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Of the same age, or existing at the same time as something else.[↗](../../coeval/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun, formal) A person or thing of the same age or time as another.[↗](../../coeval/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two castles are roughly coeval, both built around 1100.[↗](../../coeval/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fossil is coeval with the dinosaurs.[↗](../../coeval/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Shakespeare's coevals included Christopher Marlowe.[↗](../../coeval/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists think the rock layers are coeval.[↗](../../coeval/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · These tools are coeval with the first farms in Britain.[↗](../../coeval/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The two ancient cities were coeval but far apart.[↗](../../coeval/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **coexist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To live or exist together at the same time and in the same place.[↗](../../coexist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To live together peacefully even though you are different.[↗](../../coexist/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lions and zebras coexist on the savannah.[↗](../../coexist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · People of many faiths coexist in our town.[↗](../../coexist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can cats and dogs coexist in one house?[↗](../../coexist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Two ideas can coexist in your mind.[↗](../../coexist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old and new buildings coexist in the city.[↗](../../coexist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Countries must learn to coexist peacefully.[↗](../../coexist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **coffee** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Coffee is a hot dark-brown drink made from the roasted and ground seeds (beans) of the coffee plant.[↗](../../coffee/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Coffee is also the beans or powder used to make the drink.[↗](../../coffee/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A coffee is one cup of it.[↗](../../coffee/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Coffee can mean a light brown colour.[↗](../../coffee/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum drinks a cup of coffee every morning.[↗](../../coffee/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Coffee is too bitter for me.[↗](../../coffee/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I have two coffees, please?[↗](../../coffee/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Coffee beans grow on bushes in hot countries.[↗](../../coffee/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep hot coffee away from the baby.[↗](../../coffee/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We met Grandad in a coffee shop.[↗](../../coffee/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your book on the coffee table.[↗](../../coffee/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Coffee has caffeine, which keeps people awake.[↗](../../coffee/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In it I read that you were in warm lands where the coffee-tree grows.[↗](../../coffee/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **coffer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A coffer is a large, strong chest or box with a lid, used to keep money, gold or treasure safe.[↗](../../coffer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pirates lifted the heavy coffer onto the cart.[↗](../../coffer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum keeps the family's old letters in a wooden coffer.[↗](../../coffer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't open the coffer until you get home.[↗](../../coffer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And they put the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.[↗](../../coffer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.6.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../coffer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **coffin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long box in which a dead person is buried or cremated.[↗](../../coffin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (idiom) A nail in the coffin: something that helps to end or ruin something.[↗](../../coffin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The coffin was carried into the church.[↗](../../coffin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Egyptian mummies were placed in painted coffins.[↗](../../coffin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the vampire climbed out of his coffin.[↗](../../coffin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (idiom) Losing their best player was the final nail in the coffin for the team.[↗](../../coffin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The family put flowers on the coffin.[↗](../../coffin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad's coffin was made of oak.[↗](../../coffin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Says the father-in-law from his coffin:[↗](../../coffin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.[↗](../../coffin/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.50.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../coffin/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **cog** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cog is one of the teeth around the edge of a wheel in a machine; a whole wheel with teeth is also called a cog or cogwheel (gear).[↗](../../cog/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (figurative) «A cog in the machine» is a person who has a small part in a big organisation and feels unimportant.[↗](../../cog/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, slang) In some places, «to cog» means to copy someone's homework.[↗](../../cog/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The clock's cogs turned slowly behind the glass.[↗](../../cog/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When the big cog turns once, the small cog turns three times.[↗](../../cog/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A missing tooth on the cog jammed the machine.[↗](../../cog/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You could see the cogs turning in his head as he worked out the puzzle.[↗](../../cog/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He felt like a tiny cog in a huge company.[↗](../../cog/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We built a cog model from cardboard and pins.[↗](../../cog/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bike's chain runs over cogs at the back wheel.[↗](../../cog/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cogent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Clear, logical and convincing (a cogent argument, a cogent reason).[↗](../../cogent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She gave a cogent argument for a longer lunch break.[↗](../../cogent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lawyer's case was clear and cogent.[↗](../../cogent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Use evidence to make your essay cogent.[↗](../../cogent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He had no cogent reason for being late.[↗](../../cogent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist presented cogent evidence for her theory.[↗](../../cogent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A cogent speech uses facts, not just feelings.[↗](../../cogent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cognition** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science, formal) The mental processes of knowing, thinking, learning, remembering and understanding.[↗](../../cognition/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The ability to think and understand.[↗](../../cognition/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sleep is important for good cognition.[↗](../../cognition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists study the cognition of clever animals like crows.[↗](../../cognition/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Puzzles and reading exercise your cognition.[↗](../../cognition/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Animal cognition experiments show dolphins recognise themselves in mirrors.[↗](../../cognition/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor checked Grandma's cognition with memory questions.[↗](../../cognition/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cognition includes attention, memory and reasoning.[↗](../../cognition/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cognizance** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Awareness or notice of something.[↗](../../cognizance/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") To "take cognizance" is to notice it and pay attention.[↗](../../cognizance/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And God saw the children of Israel, and God took cognizance of them.[↗](../../cognizance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.2.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cognizance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I will be glad and rejoice in Thy lovingkindness; for Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast taken cognizance of the troubles of my soul, (Writings PSA.31.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cognizance/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Then she fell on her face, and bowed down to the ground, and said unto him: 'Why have I found favour in thy sight, that thou shouldest take cognizance of me, seeing I am a foreigner?'[↗](../../cognizance/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.2.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cognizance/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **cohabit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To cohabit is to live together in the same home as a couple without being married.[↗](../../cohabit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To cohabit can mean to live or exist together in the same place: «Many species cohabit in the rainforest».[↗](../../cohabit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her parents cohabited for years before they married.[↗](../../cohabit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lions and zebras cohabit on the same plains.[↗](../../cohabit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The form asks if you cohabit with a partner.[↗](../../cohabit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Different birds cohabit in the old tree.[↗](../../cohabit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many couples now cohabit.[↗](../../cohabit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The two cats cohabit peacefully.[↗](../../cohabit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/43/) **44** [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/45/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← previous: [page 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/43/) - next →: [page 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/45/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)