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Cohort

/ˈkəʊ̯ˌhɔːt/ · noun

Meaning

A group of people supporting the same thing or person..

Definitions by Sense

  1. A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
  2. (statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.
  3. (historical, Ancient Rome, military) Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 or 600 men (equalling about six centuries).
  4. An accomplice; abettor; associate.
  5. Any band or body of warriors.
  6. (taxonomy) A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.
  7. A colleague.
  8. A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program.

Example Sentences

Coyness and caprice have in consequence become a heritage of the sex, together with a cohort of allied weaknesses and petty deceits, that men have come to think venial, and even amiable, in women, but which they would not tolerate among themselves.
A sin, an instant of rebellious pride of the intellect, made Lucifer and a third part of the cohorts of angels fall from their glory.
A lost dog? — Yes. No succoring cohort surges to the relief. A gang of boys, perhaps, may give chase, but assuredly not in kindness.
The 18–24 cohort shows a sharp increase in automobile fatalities over the proximate age groupings.
The elderly are market segments, by generations or microgenerations within age cohorts or by historical experience as personality types.
“Zillennials refer to a small cohort born between the early 1990s and the early 2000s,” said Deborah Carr, professor of sociology and director of the Center for Innovation in Social Science at Boston University. “They’re on the cusp of Gen Z and millennial, thus the mash-up label of zillennial.”
Regularly eating red and processed meats in particular is associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, according to an analysis of data from 31 study cohorts published Tuesday in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
Holonym: legion

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What does cohort mean?

Cohort means A group of people supporting the same thing or person..

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Coyness and caprice have in consequence become a heritage of the sex, together with a cohort of allied weaknesses and petty deceits, that men have come to think venial, and even amiable, in women, but which they would not tolerate among themselves.

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