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recognition

/ recognition /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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"
Type of:
appointment assignment designation
noun Sense 2
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 t"
Type of:
memory remembering
Kinds of:
identity speaker identification talker identification
Derived:
identify place recognize recognise
noun Sense 3
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"
Type of:
credence acceptance
noun Sense 4
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"
Type of:
approval commendation
Kinds of:
memorial commemoration remembrance ovation standing ovation
Derived:
credit
noun Sense 5
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"
Type of:
diplomacy diplomatic negotiations
noun Sense 6
(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 lar"
Type of:
organic phenomenon
Domain:
biology biological science
noun Sense 7
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"
Type of:
acceptance
Derived:
admit acknowledge recognize recognise know
noun Sense 8
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"
Type of:
understanding apprehension discernment
Derived:
recognize recognise realize realise agnize
Semantic Complexity
90%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
39
Times Searched
1
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appointment assignment designation memory remembering identity speaker identification talker identification credence acceptance approval commendation