cognizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of cognize
as in knows
to have a clear idea of the philosopher's claim that we can never cognize—in a fundamental sense—anything

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognizes
  1. knows
  2. understands
  3. comprehends
  4. recognizes
  5. sees
  6. deciphers
  7. grasps
  8. perceives
Verb
  • His friend, Thomas Shapiro, also knows exactly what Klee is going through.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • At Café Corazón, being a community space extends to what happens when an employee is harassed and whether the staff knows what to do if immigration officers come through the door.
    — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of knows
Verb
  • Nolan understands how to make popular entertainment that can appeal to and convey its ideas to millions and millions of people.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Rather than treating those tensions as problems to be solved, Scoot understands that the future of luxury depends on balancing them, rather than choosing between them.
    — Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of understands
Verb
  • In an oppositional reading of a media text, the audience comprehends that the message conflicts with or contradicts their personal experiences of society.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026
  • In the end, A Guardian and a Thief is a story that comprehends hunger more deeply than the world that produces it.
    — Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2025
Definition of comprehends
Verb
  • True leadership recognizes that cultural resonance is a durable business asset, and protecting that asset ultimately builds a more resilient company.
    — Stefano Marrone, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The Monroe Police Department asks that anyone who recognizes the man in the security images or has information that can assist in the investigation contact Detective Zimmerman at 734-243-7509 or the Monroe Police at 734-243-7500.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of recognizes
Verb
  • Like Diebolt, Rosenman sees a dynamic more complicated than where a Democrat falls on the ideological spectrum.
    — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
  • On the contrary, Oxford Economics sees job growth staying slightly positive on the back of industries like healthcare that are more immune to the business cycle.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of sees
Verb
  • Qualcomm’s chip can run Linux, along with Arduino software, and can even do computer vision, which deciphers what a camera sees and translates it into software.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
  • With that base knowledge and his opponent’s game tape, Nolan analyzes wide receiver alignments and deciphers the offense's attack.
    — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 18 Sep. 2025
Definition of deciphers
Verb
  • Real thinking — the kind that understands a question, grasps its context and goes out to gather information before formulating a response.
    — Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • His eyes and smile are too wide, and his right hand grasps the air.
    — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of grasps
Verb
  • The person receiving the silence perceives it as hostility, and the absence of certainty leaves room for suspicion to grow.
    — Alejandro Cárdenas Villa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Trump is famously sensitive to how the public perceives his popularity.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of perceives
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“Cognizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognizes. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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