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cognitive
/ˈkɑɡnɪtɪv/
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Stress “cog” and keep the “g” audible.
Use three syllables, with a hard g before n. Let the remaining vowels stay lighter than the opening beat, and finish with a voiced v sound.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The course introduces cognitive science.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does cognitive mean?
adjective
- Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
- Intellectual.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- (obsolete, rare) Cognate; to be recognized as cognate.
noun
- (obsolete, rare) A cognate.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkɑɡnɪtɪv/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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The interest with which this discipline is approached is therefore not commonly the intellectual or cognitive interest simply.
It ceased to mean ways of doing and being done to, and became a name for something intellectual and cognitive.