Meaning of recognize | Babel Free

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1. To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
   British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
2. to cognize again
   British, English, North-American, Oxford, UK, US
3. To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.
   British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
4. (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
5. To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property).
   British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
6. 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...
7. To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in.
   British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
8. 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; ...
9. To show formal appreciation of, as with an award, commendation etc.
   British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
10. reconocer; admitir.
11. To know to be something that has been perceived before: recognize a face.
12. To review; to examine again.
    British, English, Oxford, US, obsolete
13. To know or identify from past experience or knowledge: recognize hostility.
14. To reconnoiter.
    British, English, Oxford, US, obsolete
15. To perceive or show acceptance of the validity or reality of: recognizes the concerns of the tenants.
16. To have the property to bind to specific antigens.
    British, English, Oxford, US
17. To permit to address a meeting: The club's president recognized the new member.
18. To accept officially the national status of as a new government.
19. To show awareness of; approve of or appreciate: recognize services rendered.

Equivalents

Examples

“I recognized his face immediately, although his voice was different.”

“He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days, and he felt a genuine thrill of pleasure when he recognized the red bandana turban of old Aunt Lyddy, the ancient negro woman who had sold him gingerbread and fried fish, and told him weird tales of witchcraft and conjuration, in the old days when, as an idle boy, he had loafed about the market-house.”

“Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.”

“The US and a number of EU countries are expected to recognize Kosovo on Monday.”

“Slavery is widely recognized as immoral.”

“I recognize that my behaviour has been unacceptable.”

““The United States government maintains relationships with unofficial partners around the world, and Taiwan is no exception. Our two democracies share common values of individual freedom, the rule of law, and a respect for human dignity. Today’s statement recognizes that the US-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy,” Pompeo wrote.”

“In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.”

“His services were recognized in a testimonial.”

“The soldier was recognized in dispatches.”

“We do moste humbly submytte it [this treatise] to[…]your maiestie, to be recognised, ouersene, and corrected.”

“before the siege was layd to the Towne, of minde to recognize, he fell unawares amongst an Ambushcade”

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