Definitions
Clear, logical, and strongly convincing.
Word origin
From French cogent, from Latin cōgēns, present active participle of cōgō (“drive together, compel”), from cō + agō (“drive”).
Used in a sentence
“We congratulate our correspondents on some very cogent reasoning, and shall have to watch our step even more carefully in future!”
“The prosecution presented a cogent argument, convincing the jury of the defendant's guilt.”
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01“Clear and convincing”6 letters
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