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cogent
[ koh-juhnt ]
adjective
- convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- to the point; relevant; pertinent.
cogent
/ ˈkəʊdʒənt /
adjective
- compelling belief or assent; forcefully convincing
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Derived Forms
- ˈcogently, adverb
- ˈcogency, noun
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Other Words From
- cogent·ly adverb
- non·cogent adjective
- non·cogent·ly adverb
- un·cogent adjective
- un·cogent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cogent1
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Example Sentences
I never got a cogent message at a service, but I do think I had a brush with the other side many years later at the Hotel Cassadaga.
It’s that, in the end, he’s defensive to the extent that they’re no longer provocative, or even cogent.
Perhaps the most cogent examples of this are the haunted beings Kupersmith conjures to tell her tale of agency and autonomy stolen and then reclaimed.
Developing a cogent regional development policy is one of the most vital public policy challenges facing America.
We want our comments to be HEARD – not just tabulated by the City Clerk in what feels dismissive of the time and effort it has taken for us to be informed, formulate cogent responses, and respond in the 1,500 character-limit allotted in an e-Comment.
The Daily Beast picks the most cogent takes on the arguments in the two marriage cases before the Supreme Court this week.
He ended with some cogent and compelling logic born of a desire not for revenge, but simple justice.
There is a cogent argument to be made that, as wars come to a close, military requirements go down and diplomatic demands go up.
Suffice it to say there was not a lot of cogent discussion of immigration policy.
Webster Tarpley was obviously not anything like as as cogent Jon Kay.
These, then, appear to be the cogent reasons for the adoption of the medium rise in the modelling by Stradivari.
In fact, no cogent reason can be given why the works mentioned by her should not be the outcome of unaided development.
For cogent reasons, Vixnu next assumed the form of a man and lion at the same time.
The second objection is more cogent, viz.: that the interpretation in question was not accepted by any early Christian writer.
They had motives for responding to the call made on them which are intelligible, and cogent, to any European.
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