noun · academic
cohort
UK/ˈkəʊhɔːt/US/ˈkoʊhɔːrt/CO·hort
a group of people who share a characteristic and are studied over a period of time
Examples
“The cohort was tracked for ten years to observe health outcomes.”
“A birth cohort can show how childhood conditions affect adulthood.”
“Cohort studies are common in epidemiology.”
Band 8 sentence
“The longitudinal cohort revealed subtle risk factors that cross-sectional surveys had missed.”
Collocations
- birth cohort
- cohort study
- follow a cohort
Word family
Common mistakes
We followed a group of participants as a cohort study.→We followed a cohort of participants for the study.
The cohort are healthy.→The cohort is healthy.
Say it for a higher band
5group→6sample→7+cohort
Synonyms
group
Easily confused
group
“We compared outcomes between two groups of patients.”
sample
“The sample included 200 volunteers from the city.”
Related words
Learn this word with the rest of its set, and get reminded at the right time.
In Science & Research
Learn it with its set