n · academic
cohort
UK/ˈkəʊhɔː(r)t/US/ˈkoʊhɔːrt/CO·hort
Band 7+task2speaking
a group of people treated as a statistical unit, often sharing a characteristic like age or experience
Examples
“The study followed a cohort of teenagers over five years.”
“Cohorts who experienced the policy change reported different outcomes.”
“Each cohort began the course at the same time.”
Band 8 sentence
“The longitudinal cohort revealed that dietary habits in adolescence strongly predicted adult health outcomes.”
Collocations
- a cohort of students
- birth cohort
- cohort study
Word family
cohort n
Common mistakes
using 'class' or 'group' in academic writing instead of 'cohort'→cohort
Say it for a higher band
5group→6sample→7+cohort
Synonyms
group
sample
Easily confused
group
“The research sampled a large group of adults from different regions.”
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