Recognition vs. Recognize
Recognition and Recognize Definitions
Recognition
The act of recognizing or condition of being recognized.
Recognize
To know to be something that has been perceived before
Recognize a face.
Recognition
An awareness that something perceived has been perceived before.
Recognize
To know or identify from past experience or knowledge
Recognize hostility.
Recognition
An acceptance as true or valid, as of a claim
A recognition of their civil rights.
Recognize
To perceive or show acceptance of the validity or reality of
Recognizes the concerns of the tenants.
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Recognition
Attention or favorable notice
She received recognition for her many achievements.
Recognize
To permit to address a meeting
The club's president recognized the new member.
Recognition
Official acceptance of the national status of a new government by another nation.
Recognize
To accept officially the national status of as a new government.
Recognition
(Biology) The ability of one molecule to attach itself to another molecule having a complementary shape, as in enzyme-substrate and antibody-antigen interactions.
Recognize
To show awareness of; approve of or appreciate
Recognize services rendered.
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Recognition
The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity.
He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.
Recognize
To admit the acquaintance of, as by salutation
Recognize an old friend with a cheerful greeting.
Recognition
Acceptance as valid or true.
The law was a recognition of their civil rights.
Recognize
(Law) To enter into a recognizance.
Recognition
Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.
Recognize
(Biology) To exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate, for example).
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Recognition
Honour, favourable note, or attention.
The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.
Recognize
(transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
I recognised his face immediately, although his voice was different.
Recognition
(immunology) The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.
Recognize
(transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.
The US and a number of EU countries are expected to recognize Kosovo on Monday.
Recognition
A return of the feu to the superior.
Recognize
To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property).
Slavery is widely recognized as immoral.
I recognize that my behaviour has been unacceptable.
Recognition
The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.
The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of God.
Recognize
(transitive) To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in.
Recognition
The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged;
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
Recognize
(transitive) To show formal appreciation of, as with an award, commendation etc.
His services were recognized in a testimonial.
The soldier was recognized in dispatches.
Recognition
The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering;
A politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces
Experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer
Recognize
(obsolete) To review; to examine again.
Recognition
Approval;
Give her recognition for trying
He was given credit for his work
Give her credit for trying
The credits were given at the end of the film
Recognize
(obsolete) To reconnoiter.
Recognition
Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly;
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
Recognize
(immunology) To have the property to bind to specific antigens.
Recognition
(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape;
Molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities
Recognize
To cognize again
Recognition
The explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country;
Territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991
Recognize
To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.
Speak, vassal; recognize thy sovereign queen.
Recognition
An acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid;
The recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States
Recognize
To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul.
Recognition
Designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body;
He was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman
Recognize
To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like.
Recognize
To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.
Recognize
To review; to reëxamine.
Recognize
To reconnoiter.
Recognize
To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars.
Recognize
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
Recognize
Be fully aware or cognizant of
Recognize
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
Recognize
Perceive to be the same
Recognize
Grant credentials to;
The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution
Recognize an academic degree
Recognize
Express greetings upon meeting someone
Recognize
Express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for;
We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us
Recognize
Exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate)
Recognize
Show approval or appreciation of;
My work is not recognized by anybody!
The best student was recognized by the Dean
