cogitation

noun

ˌkä-jə-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce cogitation (audio)
Definition of cogitationnext
as in thought
something imagined or pictured in the mind as long as there's a national deficit, interplanetary exploration will most likely remain an agreeable cogitation and nothing more

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Recent Examples of cogitation Trump’s announcement, in particular, displays all the drawbacks of insufficient cogitation characteristic of so many of his ventures. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026 The following cogitations, therefore, are not totally uninformed noisy opining. — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 The narrator knows that there is something cheapening and peculiarly hollow about all this cogitation. — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024 But Silicon Valley’s recent inventions invite galaxy-brain cogitation of the sort Harari is known for. — Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cogitation
  1. thought
  2. idea
  3. concept
  4. conception
  5. impression
  6. notion
Noun
  • Here are our thoughts on the initial 53-man roster, with plenty of transactions still to come.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Apparently all that content wasn’t as lost as many thought, though.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of thought
Noun
  • These days, no one, including the coaches themselves, has any idea who is or is not eligible to be a college athlete.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
  • May 21 – June 20 A group idea can get moving once someone names the next step.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of idea
Noun
  • Several other concepts have closed in Park Place within the past few months, including Panache Chocolatier; Session Taco’s spinoff, LaPez ModMex; French restaurant Aixois Sud; and Bamboo Penny’s sister concept, Aqua Penny’s.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Cuvee Club will exist within the Granite Bay location of Mimosa House, and is a sister restaurant to Italian concept Vacanza Romana.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of concept
Noun
  • The move would have been difficult to imagine under the traditional conception of college sports.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • From one vantage, Kardashian’s path to global superstardom was borne by a perfect storm of time, place, person, and opportunity—a convergence of the smartphone, social media, reality TV, and the changing conception of what constitutes a celebrity.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of conception
Noun
  • After testing multiple new hatchbacks, sedans, minivans, cargo vans, family SUVs and more, here are my top 10 best new vehicles of 2026 so far based on my driving impressions, rankings and overall value propositions.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Ben’s view Analysis of China is often so polarized that a casual observer might get the impression that Beijing is both an unstoppable force on the verge of global domination and a precarious dictatorship on the brink of collapse.
    — Ben Bland, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of impression
Noun
  • Goodell pushed back on the notion of organized collusion to keep Kaepernick out of the NFL.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Thus all notions of reference to precedent in the arts became contentious, if not disreputable.
    — Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of notion

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“Cogitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cogitation. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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