forceful and to the point, as a reason or argument; compelling; convincing
Origin of cogent
Classical Latin cogens, present participle of cogere, to collect from co-, together + agere, to drive: see act
adjective
The definition of cogent is something that is convincing or believable.
An example of cogent is the idea that climate change is caused by the actions of humans.
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cogent
adjective
Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing: a cogent argument. See Synonyms at valid.
Origin of cogent
Latin cōgēns cōgent- present participle of cōgere to force co- co- agere to drive ; see ag- in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- co′gen·cy
noun
- co′gent·ly
adverb
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Adjective
(comparative more cogent, superlative most cogent)
- Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
- Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
- Forcefully persuasive.
- She presented a cogent argument, convincing her audience of the truth of her proposition.
Origin
From Latin cōgēns, present active participle of cōgō (“drive together, compel”), from cō + agō (“drive”).
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cogent - Legal Definition
adj
Convincing; strongly
appealing; compelling action, assent, or belief.
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Sentence Examples
- The cogent arguments against this view are set forth in the article on Arthropoda.
- The political reasons for these arrangements may have been cogent, but they injured France at the very outset.
- But cogent thoughts were few and he began to feel like an empty-nested squirrel facing a long, tough winter.
- However, Dean possessed no cogent thoughts on what to do with this new information.
- That it formed the starting-point, and largely prescribed the course of thought on the subject of planetary origin is due to the simplicity of its assumptions, and the clearness of the mechanical principles involved, rather than to any cogent evidence of its truth.
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