recognition | ||
1. | [ noun ] the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged | |
Synonyms: | acknowledgement acknowledgment | |
Examples: | "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work" "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own" |
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Related terms: | acceptance admit unacknowledged acknowledged | |
2. | [ noun ] the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering | |
Synonyms: | identification | |
Related terms: | memory identity speaker_identification identify | |
3. | [ noun ] (psychology) coming to understand something clearly and distinctly | |
Synonyms: | realization realisation | |
Examples: | "a growing realization of the risk involved" "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced" "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases" |
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Related terms: | understanding understand recognize | |
4. | [ noun ] approval | |
Synonyms: | credit | |
Examples: | "give her recognition for trying" "he was given credit for his work" "it is to her credit that she tried" "the credits were given at the end of the film" |
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Related terms: | approval memorial ovation salute credit | |
5. | [ noun ] (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape | |
Examples: | "molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into la |
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Related terms: | organic_phenomenon biology | |
6. | [ noun ] the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country | |
Examples: | "territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991" |
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Related terms: | diplomacy | |
7. | [ noun ] an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid | |
Examples: | "the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States" |
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Related terms: | credence | |
8. | [ noun ] designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body | |
Examples: | "he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman" |
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Related terms: | appointment | |
9. | [ noun ] the act of preferring | |
Synonyms: | preferment | |
Examples: | "the preferment went to the younger candidate" |
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Related terms: | promotion prefer | |
Similar spelling: |
resignation recognize recognizance recognise recognisance recognized recognised recognizably recognizable recognisable |