cohort
kohort
definition
noun
He replaced the existing praetorian guard with sixteen cohorts recruited from his German legions.
an ancient Roman military unit, comprising six centuries, equal to one tenth of a legion.
a cohort of civil servants patiently drafting legislation
a group of people banded together or treated as a group.
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This 'cohort' had difficulty settling down in the more pacific atmosphere of the New Economic Policy.
The top schools cater for a 'cohort' of students whose parents can afford to pay for grinds and revision courses.
The only exception to this generalization comes from the Dublin 1899 'cohort' , where the percentage dropped to just slightly more than one-tenth of the membership.
Five of the databases were established over 50 years ago, four being cancer registries and one a longitudinal birth 'cohort' .
Of their children, taking the 'cohort' born before 1968, however, only a third remained in unskilled work, and 54 per cent were in clerical or management posts.
The researchers studied the reported mortality rates and causes of death in a 'cohort' of women who used homeless shelters in Toronto.
Among the primary readjustment problems for this 'cohort' were the poor economic situation, the attitudes and gossip of locals, inefficiency, and the slow pace of life.
Sometimes linked with Mars, he was honoured by various senior officers, by soldiers of all the legions, and by the 'cohort' at the fort of Birdoswald.
However, even though the age 'cohort' is restricted for pension cases, and the men limited to Civil War veterans, the data may be wider and deeper than they first appear.
Deaths due to malignancy were mainly linked to smoking, previously shown as common in our 'cohort' .
As a result, the Army will soon have a 'cohort' of company grade officers who are accustomed to operating independently, taking the initiative, and adapting to changes.
the 1940–4 birth 'cohort' of women
the 1940–44 birth 'cohort' of women
For infant deaths and postneonatal deaths, deaths were attributed to the year of birth, and the 1981-1991 birth 'cohort' was analyzed.
This October its first undergraduate 'cohort' launches a new BA in geography & archaeology.
Our program seeks to build a community of learners by bringing together each year's 'cohort' for a common course each semester.
Initially designed for cavalry, the fort was garrisoned by an infantry 'cohort' of 800 men in the C2.
The distribution of occupations among the first three generations is significant per 'cohort' and therefore not due to chance.
In a 'cohort' of experienced Swiss general practitioners most were unable to interpret correctly numerical information on the diagnostic accuracy of a screening test
Subjects responding may represent a 'cohort' of individuals who are more motivated and generally more compliant with therapy than nonresponders.
Flanagan was twenty-one years old when she joined the Central Branch of the league as part of the 1899 'cohort' .
At the national level, they show that for most of the twentieth century, each successive cohort of young people left home at an average age below that of the 'cohort' immediately preceding them.
a long-time 'cohort' of the band
The charts and data presented are very interesting, including the revelation that male modern heights and standards were achieved by the birth 'cohort' of 1925.
Indeed, nine of the eleven shop assistants in the 1899 'cohort' were migrants into the city.
A 'cohort' of more than 900 women who delivered by cesarean section at a large Vietnamese hospital was studied over a four-month period in 1997.
Having spent months recruiting, training, and developing a 'cohort' of staff, directors wonder what they might do to entice staff to return.
He's a 'cohort' of Ricci's and he worked in the Smart neighborhood.
a 'cohort' of civil servants patiently drafting legislation
Laslett was part of a remarkable 'cohort' of undergraduate historians at St John's College, Cambridge in the late 1930s which included the likes of John Habbakuk and Edward Miller.
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