recognize

(rĕk'əg-nīz')
tr.v., -nized, -niz·ing, -niz·es.

1. To know to be something that has been perceived before: recognize a face.
2. To know or identify from past experience or knowledge: recognize hostility.
3. To perceive or show acceptance of the validity or reality of: recognizes the concerns of the tenants.
4. To permit to address a meeting: The club's president recognized the new member.
5. To accept officially the national status of as a new government.
6. To show awareness of; approve of or appreciate: recognize services rendered.
7. To admit the acquaintance of, as by salutation: recognize an old friend with a cheerful greeting.
8. Law. To enter into a recognizance.
9. Biology. To exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate, for example).

[Middle English recognisen, to resume possession of land, alteration (influenced by Medieval Latin recognizāre, to recognize) of Old French reconoistre, reconoiss-, to know again, from Latin recognōscere : re-, re- + cognōscere, to get to know.]

recognizable rec'og·niz'a·ble adj.
recognizably rec'og·niz'a·bly adv.
recognizer rec'og·niz'er n.

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verb

1. To perceive to be identical with something held in the memory: know. See knowledge/ignorance, remember/forget.
2. To establish the identification of: identify, pinpoint, place. Slang finger. Idioms: put one's finger on. See knowledge/ignorance.
3. To express recognition of: acknowledge, admit. See affirm/deny/argue, knowledge/ignorance.

v

Definition: acknowledge, understand; approve
Antonyms: disapprove, misunderstand, overlook

v

Definition: identify
Antonyms: forget, miss

IN BRIEF: To recall the identity of (a person or thing). Also: To set up or have official relations with.

Opportunities are often disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. — Ann Landers

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For a list of words related to recognize, see:

• Verbs of Sight - recognize: see to be that which is already known
• Knowledge and Understanding - recognize: perceive clearly, realize to be real or true; identify from past experience

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Common misspelling(s) of recognize

• recogize

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - genkende, anerkende, erkende, forstå

Nederlands (Dutch)
onderkennen, erkennen, herkennen, belonen, het woord geven (tijdens debat), beschouwen als

Français (French)
v. tr. - reconnaître, identifier, (US) donner la parole à

Deutsch (German)
v. - erkennen, zugeben, anerkennen, wiedererkennen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αναγνωρίζω, παραδέχομαι, ομολογώ, (σε κοινοβούλιο κ.λπ.) παραχωρώ το λόγο (σε κάποιον που τον ζητεί)

Italiano (Italian)
riconoscere, ammettere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - reconhecer

Русский (Russian)
узнать, признать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - reconocer, admitir, dar la palabra a

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - känna igen, erkänna, medge

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
认出, 识别, 正式承认, 认识, 认可, 认定

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 認出, 識別, 正式承認, 認識, 認可, 認定

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 인지하다, 알아보고 인사하다, 발언시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 見憶えがある, 明確に理解する, 会釈する, 表彰する, 認める, 認可する, 誓約証書を出す, 分かる, 評価する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدرك, يتعرف, يميز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮זיהה, הודה, הכיר‬

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