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/ˈkōˌhôrt/,
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cohorts, plural;
  1. An ancient Roman military unit, comprising six centuries, equal to one tenth of a legion

  2. A group of people banded together or treated as a group
    • - a cohort of civil servants patiently drafting legislation
  3. A group of people with a common statistical characteristic
    • - the 1940–44 birth cohort of women
  4. A supporter or companion

  5. An accomplice or conspirator
    • - his three cohorts each had pled guilty
  1. (cohort) a company of companions or supporters
  2. (cohort) a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
  3. (cohort) age group: a group of people having approximately the same age
  4. (Cohort (biology)) In biological classification, rank is the level (the relative position) in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories. ...
  5. (Cohort (computer science)) A cohort in computer science is a group of proximate data and/or operations. It is a mean for scheduling to achieve greater performance.
  6. (Cohort (military unit)) A cohort (from the Latin cohors, plural cohortes) was the basic tactical unit of a Roman legion following the reforms of Gaius Marius in 107 BC.
  7. (Cohort (statistics)) In statistics and demography, a cohort is a group of subjects who have shared a particular experience during a particular time span (e.g., people born in Europe between 1918 and 1939; survivors of an aircrash; truck drivers who smoked between age 30 and 40). ...
  8. (cohort) A group of people supporting the same thing or person; A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group; Any division of a Roman legion; normally of about 500 men; An accomplice; abettor; associate; A colleague
  9. (cohort) Group of individuals born in the same period
  10. (Cohort) A generation born durning the same time frame (year, season, month, etc.). A cohort of seedlings are ones germinated in the same seed year (for longleaf pine, this may be every several years).
  11. (Cohort) A group of individuals who are alike in some way. For example, the people in a cohort of HIV-infected individuals are all infected with HIV.
  12. (Cohort) A group of subjects initially identified as having one or more characteristics in common who are followed over time. In social science research, this term may refer to any group of persons who are born at about the same time and share common historical or cultural experiences.
  13. (Cohort) A group whose progress is followed by means of measurements at different points in time.
  14. (Cohort) A group of people who share a common characteristic or experience within a defined time period. In institutional research, cohorts usually consist of full-time, undergraduate students who begin college during the same given year.
  15. (Cohort) A specific group of students established for tracking purposes
  16. (cohort) In PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions, the highest level of the three-level classification structure that you define for enrollment management. You can define a cohort level, link it to other levels, and set enrollment target numbers for it. See also population and division.
  17. (cohort) those individuals of a stock born in the same spawning season
  18. (Cohort) A group of fish spawned during a specified period, usually within a year. A cohort is also referred to as an age class.
  19. (cohort) A group of individuals having a statistical factor (such as age) in common in a demographic or epidmiological study.
  20. (Cohort) A well-defined group of people who have had a common experience or exposure, who are then followed up for the incidence of new diseases or events, as in a cohort or prospective study. A group of people born during a particular period or year is called a birth cohort.
  21. (cohort) A group of organisms of the same species of the same or similar age.
  22. (Cohort) a category of people with a common characteristic, usually their age
  23. A cohort is a group of students that move together through an educational program. Cohorts allow a small number of learners, usually starting courses at the same time, to take a group of core classes over a period of time. ...
  24. (Cohort) A group used as part of a research study. The group is made up of people sharing a common characteristic (for example, pupils in the same school year).
  25. (Cohort) A group of people who begin and end an activity at the same time. In education, some programs admit a group of learners as a cohort-they enter the program together, complete all classes together, and finish all course requirements simultaneously.