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KOHH-ort/ˈkəʊhɔːt/

A cohort is a group of people who share an experience or time period, often in research: a birth cohort; the 2010 cohort. Group is everyday; generation is broader. Compare the 2010 birth cohort in the table. Mix-up: court; cohere. Do not write cohort for two friends who sat together once.

Meaning

A group of people who share an experience or time period, often in research.

Examples

• “Compare the 2010 birth cohort in the table, not a friendship group.”
• “The training cohort sat the same paper, which is the shared-experience sense.”

Good to know

a birth / year cohort; cohort study. Everyday: group. Trap: court. Psychology, sociology, and methods. A defined research or generation group, not a clique.

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