cogent

From Latin cōgēns, present active participle of cōgō (“drive together, compel”), from cō + agō (“drive”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊd͡ʒn̩t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊd͡ʒn̩t/

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• Rhymes: -əʊdʒn̩t, -oʊdʒn̩t

cogent (comparative more cogent, superlative most cogent)

1. Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
   • 1944 May and June, “In the Critics' Den”, in Railway Magazine, page 132:

     We congratulate our correspondents on some very cogent reasoning, and shall have to watch our step even more carefully in future!

2. Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
3. Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent.

   The prosecution presented a cogent argument, convincing the jury of the defendant's guilt.

compelling, conclusive, convincing, indisputable

debatable, irrelevant, uncogent

• cogency

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cōgent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of cōgō