recognize

[ rek-uhg-nahyz ]

/ ˈrɛk əgˌnaɪz /

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verb (used with object), rec·og·nized, rec·og·niz·ing.

to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.

to identify from knowledge of appearance or characteristics: I recognized him from the description. They recognized him as a fraud.

to perceive as existing or true; realize: to be the first to recognize a fact.

to acknowledge as the person entitled to speak at a particular time: The Speaker recognized the congressman from Maine.

to acknowledge formally as entitled to treatment as a political unit: The United States promptly recognized Israel.

to acknowledge or accept formally a specified factual or legal situation: to recognize a successful revolutionary regime as the de facto government of the country.

to acknowledge or treat as valid: to recognize a claim.

to acknowledge acquaintance with, as by a greeting, handshake, etc.

to show appreciation of (achievement, service, merit, etc.), as by some reward, public honor, or the like.

Law. to acknowledge (an illegitimate child) as one's own.

Biochemistry, Immunology. to bind with, cleave, or otherwise react to (another substance) as a result of fitting its molecular shape or a portion of its shape.

Also especially British, rec·og·nise.

Origin of recognize

1425–75; recogn(ition) + -ize; replacing late Middle English racunnysen, recognisen < Old French reconuiss-, stem of reconuistre < Latin recognōscere, equivalent to re- re- + cognōscere to know¹; see cognition

SYNONYMS FOR recognize

3 acknowledge, appreciate, understand, grant, concede.

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OTHER WORDS FROM recognize

rec·og·niz·a·ble

[rek-uhg-nahy-zuh-buhl, rek-uhg-nahy-] /ˈrɛk əgˌnaɪ zə bəl, ˌrɛk əgˈnaɪ-/, adjective rec·og·niz·a·bil·i·ty, noun rec·og·niz·a·bly, adverb rec·og·niz·er, noun

non·rec·og·nized, adjective pre·rec·og·nize, verb (used with object), pre·rec·og·nized, pre·rec·og·niz·ing. qua·si-rec·og·nized, adjective un·rec·og·niz·a·ble, adjective un·rec·og·niz·a·bly, adverb un·rec·og·nized, adjective un·rec·og·niz·ing, adjective well-rec·og·nized, adjective

Words nearby recognize

reclusion, reco-reco, recognition, recognition factor, recognizance, recognize, recognizee, recognizor, recoil, recoil escapement, recoil-operated

Example sentences from the Web for recognized

Security officials told Agence France-Presse that the gas station manager said he had recognized the two men.

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Prado was the first name I recognized here since I used to live a few blocks from the Prado museum in Madrid when I was 20.

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Even on the Israeli side some have recognized the similarities.

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They will also oppose any attempts to hunt grizzlies in their recognized ancestral homelands.

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“I recognized Dave Schultz as my protector,”' du Pont said in the March interview.

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An artistic people is recognized by their ignorance of “objects of art,” for in such an environment art is everywhere.

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While at table Tone was recognized by an old school friend, and was at once arrested and sent prisoner to Dublin.

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The door-bell rang and Sargent recognized the voice of Daley, inquiring for him.

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If Wallmoden saw his old friend's son and recognized him, he might not be able, for the moment, to master his surprise.

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He stopped to gaze at them more attentively, when to his horror he recognized a herd of gigantic bears.

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British Dictionary definitions for recognized

recognize

recognise

/ (ˈrɛkəɡˌnaɪz) /

verb (tr)

to perceive (a person, creature, or thing) to be the same as or belong to the same class as something previously seen or known; know again

to accept or be aware of (a fact, duty, problem, etc) to recognize necessity

to give formal acknowledgment of the status or legality of (a government, an accredited representative, etc)

mainly US and Canadian to grant (a person) the right to speak in a deliberative body, debate, etc

to give a token of thanks for (a service rendered, etc)

to make formal acknowledgment of (a claim, etc)

to show approval or appreciation of (something good or pleasing)

to acknowledge or greet (a person), as when meeting by chance

(intr) mainly US to enter into a recognizance

Derived forms of recognize

recognizable or recognisable, adjective recognizability or recognisability, noun recognizably or recognisably, adverb recognizer or recogniser, noun

Word Origin for recognize

C15: from Latin recognoscere to know again, from re- + cognoscere to know, ascertain

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