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WOTD  
Word of the Day - for Toastmasters everywhere
Tuesday 19th March 2024
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cognate (adjective) KOG-nate



Related by blood; more specifically related through the mother; derived from the same root; related in a general sense.

... "shipment" (and cognate expressions) and "stores" shall have the meanings they bear in the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.

The Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) Order 2003 (UK). Office of Public Sector Information

In this Agreement, unless expressed to the contrary ... if a word or phrase is defined cognate words and phrases have corresponding definitions.

P.D. Beattie, Queensland Hansard, 24 October 2002. Queensland Hansard

In losing his kit, Peter does what many an adventurous and distracted child does; naughtiness and freedom are here cognate.

Germaine Greer, The Guardian, 7 October 2005. Guardian

An 'agnate' is the nearest relative to a person on the father’s side of that person’s family, as opposed to a 'cognate', who is the nearest relative to a person on the mother’s side of that person’s family.

Scottish Parliament Research Paper 99/14, 22 November 1999. Scottish Parliament

The vulgarity of a lot of writing about food is cognate with the vulgarity of a lot of writing about sex.

Unattributed, The New York Times, 2 June 1982. New York Times




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