cohort
part of speech
noun (a cohort, cohorts)
meaning for a pupil
1) A cohort is a group of people who have something in common, such as the same age or starting school together. tree →
2) (formal) A cohort is a group of people studied together in research. tree →
3) (history) A cohort was a unit of soldiers in the Roman army, of about 480 men. tree →
4) (informal) A cohort can mean a supporter or companion of someone. tree →
sense in the lessons
In schools and formal reports, «this year's cohort» means all the pupils in one year group. In history lessons, a Roman legion was made of cohorts. In science, a cohort study follows the same people over time. Phrases: year cohort, cohort study, a Roman cohort.
examples
- This year's cohort of pupils did well in the tests. (formal) tree →
- A Roman cohort had six centuries of soldiers. tree →
- The study followed a cohort of 800 children. tree →
- The new cohort of nurses started training today. tree →
- The cohort has 90 pupils in 3 classes, so 30 in each. tree →
- The villain arrived with his cohorts. (informal) tree →
note
Countable noun; formal. In the Roman army, a legion had 10 cohorts. The informal sense «companions» is common but some people dislike it. In maths, a cohort split into equal classes is a division problem.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «cohort» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.