recognise
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rec•og•nise
(ˈrɛk əgˌnaɪz)v.t. -nised, -nis•ing.
Chiefly Brit. recognize.
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recognise
Past participle: recognised
Gerund: recognising
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| Verb | 1. | recognise - show approval or appreciation of; "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean" honor, honour, reward - bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action" rubricate - place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint; "She was rubricated by the pope" |
| 2. |  recognise - grant credentials to; "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree" | |
| 3. | recognise - detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" resolve - make clearly visible; "can this image be resolved?" discriminate - distinguish; "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish" | |
| 4. | recognise - express greetings upon meeting someone shake hands - take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation curtsy, bob - make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect; "She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand" salute - greet in a friendly way; "I meet this men every day on my way to work and he salutes me" salute, present - recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position; "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute" salute - honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers say farewell - say good-bye or bid farewell | |
| 5. |  recognise - express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for; "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us"give thanks, thank - express gratitude or show appreciation to appreciate - recognize with gratitude; be grateful for | |
| 6. |  recognise - be fully aware or cognizant of cognise, cognize, know - be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" know - know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big show-off" | |
| 7. | recognise - perceive to be the same recall, recollect, remember, call back, call up, retrieve, think - recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" identify - consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives" | |
| 8. |  recognise - accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" |
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Translations
يَعْتَرِفيَعْتَرِف بيَعْرِف، يَتَعَرَّف علىيَقْبَل سُلْطَة
poznatuznat
oivaltaatunnistaatunnustaatuntea
elismerfelismermegismer
òekkja, bera kennsl áviîurkennaviîurkenna, gangast viî
表彰認める認識する
atpazītatzītpazīt
recunoaşte
erkännakänna igen
recognize,
recognise
(ˈrekəgnaiz) verb1. to see, hear etc (a person, thing etc) and know who or what that person, thing etc is, because one has seen or heard him, it etc before. I recognized his voice/handwriting; I recognized him by his voice.
2. to admit, acknowledge. Everyone recognized his skill.
3. to be willing to have political relations with. Many countries were unwilling to recognize the new republic.
4. to accept as valid, well-qualified etc. I don't recognize the authority of this court.
ˌrecogˈnizable, ˌrecogˈnisable adjective (negative unrecognizable).
ˌrecogˈnizably, ˌrecogˈnisably adverbˌrecogˈnition (-ˈniʃən) noun
the act or state of recognizing or being recognized. They gave the boy a medal in recognition of his courage; I said hello to him but he showed no recognition.
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