🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

coorte

Pronunciation / Transliteration: koˈoɾtʃi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cohort/ˈkoʊ.hɔːrt/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A nova coorte de estudantes foi recebida pelo reitor."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A group of people banded together or treated as a group, especially those sharing a common statistical characteristic such as a period of enrollment or birth.

    "The incoming cohort of students demonstrated exceptional academic potential."
  2. 2

    A supporter or companion, often used in a derogatory or dismissive sense.

    "The CEO and his cohort arrived at the conference room early."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'cohors', meaning an enclosure, yard, or a division of a Roman legion, originating from Indo-European roots. Through French and Italian military usage, the term evolved in the 19th century to denote any group of people banded together or sharing a particular statistical characteristic, and later expanded into educational and demographic contexts.

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