cohort

cohorte, promotion

Groupe de personnes qui commencent un programme ensemble ou y participent ensemble.

En anglais simple : A group of people who begin or take part in a programme together.

• Our cohort finishes training tomorrow.
• This year’s cohort includes forty students.
• We compared the results with those of the previous cohort.

Comment l'utiliser : cohort of someone (The new cohort of students starts classes next week.)

Synonymes : group, intake

Expressions courantes : cohort of students, first cohort, new cohort

cohorte

Groupe de personnes partageant une caractéristique, comme l’âge, et souvent étudiées ensemble.

En anglais simple : A group of people who share a particular feature, such as age, and are often studied together.

• The study followed a large cohort.
• People in this age cohort reported more sleep problems.
• Each birth cohort faced different economic conditions.

Comment l'utiliser : cohort of someone (Researchers followed a cohort of adults born in the same year.)

Synonymes : group

Expressions courantes : age cohort, birth cohort, cohort study

groupe de partisans

Groupe de personnes qui soutiennent la même personne ou la même cause.

En anglais simple : A group of people who support the same person or cause.

• A loyal cohort supported her campaign.
• The leader addressed his cohort of followers.
• Her small cohort continued to defend the proposal.

Comment l'utiliser : cohort of someone (A cohort of supporters followed the candidate through town.)

Synonymes : group, band

Expressions courantes : cohort of supporters, loyal cohort, political cohort

complice, acolyte

Personne qui agit avec une autre, souvent dans une affaire malhonnête ou illégale.

En anglais simple : A person who acts with someone else, often in something dishonest or illegal.

• The thief escaped with his cohort.
• Police arrested two of her cohorts.
• He and his cohorts planned the robbery together.

Synonymes : associate, accomplice

Expressions courantes : someone’s cohort, criminal cohort, cohort in crime