COGNIZING Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

cognizing

verb

present participle of cognize

as in knowing

to have a clear idea of the philosopher's claim that we can never cognize—in a fundamental sense—anything

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Reliability includes knowing when an arrangement needs to change.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
Our community is dying; there’s an underlying sense of desperation, grief and pride that can both protect and suffocate out of a need to survive – this film is ultimately a love letter to us, with a sense of knowing.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of knowing

Verb

The model provides a baseline for understanding what a planet’s atmosphere might look like without life.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
The key is understanding your audience’s habits, wants and needs, then communicating with them in the right places.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of understanding

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Infinite Jasons • MacNamara is so far from comprehending the box that his Jason looked utterly bored by his questions.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Understanding that this is policy is crucial for comprehending how Israeli soldiers are expected to dutifully erase entire villages without questioning orders.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of comprehending

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Dmitriev presented her with a painting from an 11-year-old girl while Zelensky sent her a Ukrainian award recognizing her role in securing the ceasefire.

— Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Established in 1969, the Songwriters Hall of Fame is dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the lives and legacies of the songwriters behind the world’s most enduring songs.

— Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of recognizing

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Bahdanau was working with artificial neural networks, which had already shown promise in pattern-recognition tasks such as deciphering handwriting and identifying objects in photos.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
In addition to developing better medicines or perfumes, deciphering the mirror images of molecules can help scientists understand the chemical architecture of life, said chemist Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of the journal Science.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of deciphering

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Keeping desire alive means choosing pursuits that can never be finished – a craft, a field of study, a relationship – and letting the gap between reaching and grasping stay open.

— Stacy Keltner, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
The closest the Kardashian sisters have come to grasping the point is a discussion about society’s beauty standards in season three of The Kardashians, when Kylie Jenner brought the topic up to Khloé Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of grasping

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The industry has been working to answer that question by comparing benchmarks, debating reasoning performance and seeing each new model outperform the last.

— Kumar Chivukula, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Investigators say witnesses had reported seeing a man fitting Harper's description near the crime scene, and Jarmon's car was later found close to where Harper had been staying in the days following the murder.

— Luke Jones, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of seeing

Verb

An artist and musician by trade, Hunt brought an outsider’s instinct to the architectural blueprint of Fashion Forward, perceiving early on that creative industries rarely exist in isolation outside of corporate org charts.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
While linear broadcasters, like streamers, are still perceiving YouTube as a major disruptor and challenger, a number of them have started working more closely with the platform to tap into younger demographics and generate new advertising revenue.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

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