Usage Notes. A cohort was originally one of the ten divisions of a legion in the Roman army, containing from 300 to 600 men. The most common use of cohort today is in the sense âgroupâ or âcompanyâ: A cohort of hangers-on followed the singer down the corridor.sage Notes. A cohort was originally one of the ten divisions of a legion in the Roman army, containing from 300 to 600 men. The most common use of cohort today is in the sense âgroupâ or âcompanyâ: A cohort of hangers-on followed the singer down the corridor.
Palindromes redirects here. For the film, see Palindromes (film). A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward or forward, such as madam or kayak.
Standards. A Palindrome is a word, phrase or sequence which reads the same in both directions. Derived from the Greek pal ndromos, meaning running back again, a palindrome reads the same forward and backward, with general allowances for adjustments to punctuation and word dividers. There are many types of palindromes from many fields including math, language arts, history, music, poetry and biology.