| recognition [n] |
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| 1) | 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" |
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| Synonyms : | acknowledgement acknowledgment |
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| acceptance acknowledge acknowledge acknowledged unacknowledged |
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| 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 the observer" |
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| Synonyms : | identification |
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| memory identify recognise identity speaker_identification |
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| 3) | 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" |
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| Synonyms : | credit |
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| approval credit commemoration ovation salutation |
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| 4) | 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" |
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| Synonyms : | realisation realization |
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| apprehension agnise realise |
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| 5) | (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" |
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| organic_phenomenon biological_science |
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| 6) | 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" |
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| diplomacy |
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| 7) | 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" |
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| acceptance |
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| 8) | 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" |
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| appointment |
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