RECOGNITION
/ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/ ► audio Scrabble 14 Words With Friends 18
Definition
- noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged.
— synonyms: acknowledgment, acknowledgement
- noun the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering.
— synonyms: identification
- noun approval.
— synonyms: credit
- noun coming to understand something clearly and distinctly.
— synonyms: realization, realisation
- noun (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape.
- noun the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country.
- noun an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid.
- noun designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body.
Examples
- “He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.”
- “The law was a recognition of their civil rights.”
- “The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.”
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