Definitions for cohort
ˈkoʊ hɔrtco·hort

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cohortnoun

   a company of companions or supporters

2. cohortnoun

   a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)

3. age group, age bracket, cohortnoun

   a group of people having approximately the same age

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cohortnoun

   A group of people supporting the same thing or person.

2. cohortnoun

   A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.

   The 18-24 cohort shows a sharp increase in automobile fatalities over the proximate age groupings.

3. cohortnoun

   Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 men.

   Three cohorts of men were assigned to the region.

4. cohortnoun

   An accomplice; abettor; associate.

   He was able to plea down his sentence by revealing the names of three of his cohorts, as well as the source of the information.

5. cohortnoun

   Any band or body of warriors.

6. cohortnoun

   A natural group of orders of plants, less comprehensive than a class.

7. cohortnoun

   A colleague.

8. Etymology: From cohors (stem cohort-), perhaps via cohorte.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cohortnoun

   Etymology: cohors, Latin.

   1. A troop of soldiers in the Roman armies, containing about five hundred foot.

   The Romans levied as many cohorts, companies, and ensigns from hence as from any of their provinces. William Camden.

   2. In poetical language, a body of warriours.

   Th’ arch-angelic pow’r prepar’d
   For swift descent; with him the cohort bright
   Of watchful cherubim. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi. l. 127.

   Here Churchill, not so prompt
   To vaunt as fight, his hardy cohorts join’d
   With Eugene. John Philips, Blenheim.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cohort

   A cohort is a group of individuals who share a common characteristic or experience within a defined period. This term is commonly used in research, demographics, and statistics to refer to individuals who are grouped together for the purpose of a study. Cohorts can be identified or classified based on various factors such as age, gender, nationality, or certain life events like graduation year or year of marriage.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cohortnoun

   a body of about five or six hundred soldiers; the tenth part of a legion

2. Cohortnoun

   any band or body of warriors

3. Cohortnoun

   a natural group of orders of plants, less comprehensive than a class

4. Etymology: [L. cohors, prop. an inclosure: cf. F. cohorte. See Court, n.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cohort

   A cohort was the basic tactical unit of a Roman legion during the Second Punic War 218 to 201 BC or following the reforms of Gaius Marius in 107 BC.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cohort

   kō′hort, n. among the Romans, a body of soldiers from 300 to 600 in number, forming a tenth part of a legion: a band of armed men: any band of men. [Fr.,—L. cohors, an enclosed place, a multitude enclosed, a company of soldiers.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cohort

   A division of the ancient Roman armies, consisting of about 600 men, divided into centuries. It was the tenth part of a legion, and its number, consequently, was under the same fluctuation as that of the legions. In the time of the empire the cohort often amounted to 1000 men.

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1. COHORT

   "a person or a group of people who support a particular person, usually a leader:COMPANION, COLLEAGUE;BAND, GROUP;a group of individuals having a statistical factor (such as age or class membership) in common in a demographic study;associate, companion, compatriot, compeer, comrade, crony, fellow, hobnobber, mate, running mate; a friend or supporter, especially of someone you do not like;One who supports and adheres to another:adherent, disciple, follower,minion, partisan, satellite, supporter.a group of people that share one or more characteristics:Groups of people with shared interests or aims association,commission,organization,a group or company;partner,associate,mate,assistant,follower,comrade,protagonist,accomplice,sidekick (slang),henchman or woman or person,myrmidon,any group of soldiers or warriors,an accomplice,abettor;One who is united in a relationship with another:affiliate, ally, associate, colleague, confederate, copartner, fellow, partner. a group of people having approximately the same age:age bracket, age group;

   The new measures focus on a bottleneck instead: a cohort ofAmerican-based chip-equipment firms whose products lack substitutes.

   
   

   Submitted by KTTHOOL on July 2, 2020  

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1. • Company
   • People
   • Set

How to pronounce cohort?

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   Mark

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   Libby

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   Mia

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cohort in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cohort in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of cohort in a Sentence

1. Joan Walsh:

   But you know what’s also sad to me is that this cohort, I wrote about my Irish Catholic working class family, this cohort used to be so patriotic, and so much America—love it or leave it, things that I didn’t like about it, but that was just so stirred by this country’s—what they perceived as its values and much of the same cohort is with Donald Trump—dismissing the Russia allegations, doing nothing to support the people who are trying to get answers, and I find this kind of relative, this relativity about well, you know, if my guy doesn’t think it’s important or if my guy might even be threatened by it, then I don’t care either, that is not patriotism. That is something else entirely.

2. Peter Ciganik:

   We are seeing strong household formation by the millennial cohort, which is putting pressure on many local housing markets.

3. Jorge Chavarro:

   I don't think there is a strong reason to believe this relation would be different in men. However, there were no men in our study so we reported exactly what we found, we do have a parallel cohort of men, but unfortunately we do not have information on mode of delivery in that study.

4. Ian MacKay:

   It's a huge amount of work, but a powerful study would be one lasting a year or more that enlists a cohort of mums-to-be months before becoming pregnant and intensively monitors them until the delivery of their baby.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   There is a misunderstanding that because children do not get as severe disease as a cohort, in general, as the elderly individuals and those with underlying conditions — we still lost 1,400 children, so, although you have to be aware and not deny that there are deleterious consequences for prolonged periods of time for keeping children out of school, remember, the safety of children is also important.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cohort
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cohort
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cohort
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cohort
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cohort
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=cohort
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html