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Meaning of recognition | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən

Definitions

  1. 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)
  2. 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).
    uncountable, usually
  3. Acceptance as valid or true
  4. Acceptance as valid or true.
    uncountable, usually
  5. Favorable notice, as of an achievement:acknowledgment, credit.
  6. Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country
  7. Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.
    uncountable, usually
  8. (negative unrecognizable). herkenbaar, erkenbaar مُمْكِن التَّعَرُّف عَلَيْه познаваем reconhecível zjistitelný erkennbar anerkendelsesværdig αναγνωρίσιμος, εμφανήςreconocible ära tuntav قابل تشخیص tunnistettava reconnaissable נִיתָן לְהַכִּירוֹ आभिज्ञेय koji se može prepoznati (priznati, dopustiti fel-/megismerhető bisa dikenali þekkjanlegur riconoscibile 見分けられる 인식할 수 있는 atpažįstamas atpazīstams disahkan herkenbaargjenkjennelig, merkbar możliwy do rozpoznania دپيژندنى وړ reconhecível recogno...
    negative
  9. Honour, favourable note, or attention
  10. Honour, favourable note, or attention.
    uncountable, usually
  11. erkenbaar, herkenbaar بصورَةٍ مُمْكِن التَّعَرُّف بها على познаваемо reconhecimento zjistitelně erkennbar anerkendelsesværdigt φανερά de modo reconocible äratuntavalt به طور قابل تشخیص tunnistettavasti de manière reconnaissable בבירור आभिज्ञेयता से prihvatljivost felismerhetően dikenal þekkjanlega in maniera riconoscibile 見分けて 인식할 수 있어 aiškiai, pastebimai pazīstami; atzīstami disahkan herkenbaargjenkjennelig, merkbart zauważalnie, wyraźnie دتشخيص په توګه de modo reconhecível de re­cunoscut оо...
  12. The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others
  13. 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. herkenning إعْتِراف، إقْرار признаване reconhecimento uznání; poznání die Anerkennung, das Erkennen anerkendelse; genkendelse αναγνώρισηreconocimiento tunnustamine تشخیص tunnustus reconnaissanceהכרה मान्यता prepoznavanje, priznanje (f)elismerés pengakuan viðurkenning; kennsl riconoscimento 認識 인정, 승인 atpažinimas, pripažinimas atzinība; ...
  14. The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.
    uncountable, usually
  15. reconocimiento, estado de ser reconocido.
  16. A return of the feu to the superior.
    historical, uncountable, usually
  17. The act of recognizing or condition of being recognized.
  18. An awareness that something perceived has been perceived before.
  19. An acceptance as true or valid, as of a claim: a recognition of their civil rights.
  20. Attention or favorable notice: She received recognition for her many achievements.
  21. Official acceptance of the national status of a new government by another nation.

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Examples

“He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.”
“Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.”
“December 20, 2021, ETSC, New rules on major EU roads should improve infrastructure safety One omission is any language on getting roads ready for automated systems in transport. ETSC had called for provisions on ensuring that road markings, signs and infrastructure take into account the specific needs of e.g. traffic sign recognition and automated lane keeping systems.”
“The freight market has changed beyond all recognition from when RAIL was first published. Coal, the then-dominant traffic, has all but disappeared. Instead, maritime intermodal flows have shown steady growth.”
“The law was a recognition of their civil rights.”
“With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]”
“The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.”

CEFR level

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