cognitive
adjective /ˈkɒɡnətɪv/
/ˈkɑːɡnətɪv/
[usually before noun]- connected with mental processes of understanding
- a child’s cognitive development
- cognitive psychology
- They are studying the links between cognitive and linguistic development in young children.
- This is both a cognitive and an emotional process.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCognitive is used with these nouns:- deficit
- development
- disability
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin cognitivus, from cognit- ‘known’, from the verb cognoscere ‘get to know’.