Cohort

Found in thesaurus: company, set, circle, band, lot, people

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cohort
n. group, gang; one tenth of a legion; one of ten divisions of an ancient Roman legion; companion, friend; people with shared characteristics who experience the same happening concurrently; group of people who are approximately of the same age

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Cohort
Cohort may refer to:
  • Cohort (biology), in biology, one of the taxonomic ranks
  • Cohort (educational group), a group of students working together through the same academic curriculum
  • Cohort (Roman military unit), the basic tactical unit of a Roman legion
  • Cohort (statistics), a group of subjects with a common defining characteristic—typically age group
  • Cohort study, a form of longitudinal study used in medicine and social science
  • Cohort Studios, a video game development company
  • Generational cohort (demographics), an aggregation of individuals who experience the same event within the same time interval

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cohort

Noun
1. a company of companions or supporters
(hypernym) company
2. a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
(hypernym) set, circle, band, lot
3. a group people having approximately the same age
(synonym) age group, age bracket
(hypernym) people
(hyponym) aged


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cohort
n. cohort, group, gang; one tenth of a legion

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Cohort
(n.)
Any band or body of warriors.
  
 
(n.)
A natural group of orders of plants, less comprehensive than a class.
  
 
(n.)
A body of about five or six hundred soldiers; the tenth part of a legion.
  

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