recognition
The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognizedThe act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).
» Everybody wants recognition.
Jeder will Anerkennung.
Все хотят признания.
Усі бажають визнання.
Meaning
6 senses(uncountable, usually)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).
He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.
Erkennen, Wiedererkennen, Erkennung
узнава́ниеuznavánije, распознава́ниеraspoznavánije
впізнава́нняvpiznavánnja, упізнава́нняupiznavánnja, розпізнава́нняrozpiznavánnja
(uncountable, usually)Acceptance as valid or true.
The law was a recognition of their civil rights.
Anerkennung
призна́ниеpriznánije, одобре́ниеodobrénije
визна́нняvyznánnja, визнаття́vyznattjá, визнава́нняvyznavánnja
an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
(uncountable, usually)Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.
Anerkennung
призна́ниеpriznánije
the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
(uncountable, usually)Honour, favourable note, or attention.
The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.
Anerkennung
призна́ниеpriznánije
(uncountable, usually)The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.
(historical, uncountable, usually)A return of the feu to the superior.
Examples
98 sentencesEverybody wants recognition.
Усі бажають визнання.
ruВсе хотят признания.
deJeder will Anerkennung.
She gave me a smile of recognition.
deSie schenkte mir ein anerkennendes Lächeln.
He gave me a smile of recognition.
deEr schenkte mir ein anerkennendes Lächeln.
Tom was burned beyond recognition.
Tom got burned beyond recognition.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English recognicion, from Middle French recognicion, recognition andInherited from Middle English recognicion, from Middle French recognicion, recognition and its etymon Latin recognitiōnem (accusative of recognitiō), from recognitus, past participle of recognōscere.
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Forms
plural: recognitions| Singular | recognition |
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uncountable
Synonyms
6 synonyms- the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering:identification
- approval:credit
- the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged:acknowledgmentacknowledgement
- coming to understand something clearly and distinctly:realizationrealisation
Word family
30 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable