English Explanatory Dictionary

recognize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
  2. To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.
  3. To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property).
  4. To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in.
  5. To show formal appreciation of, as with an award, commendation etc.
  6. To review; to examine again.
  7. To reconnoiter.
  8. To have the property to bind to specific antigens.
verb
  1. to cognize again

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛk.əɡ.naɪz/ /ˈɹɛk.ɪɡ.naɪz/ /ˈɹɛk.ən.aɪz/ /ˈɹekənɑɪz/ /ˈɹekəɡnɑɪz/ en-us-recognize.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-recognize.wav

Word forms

recognize recognizes recognizing recognized recognise re-cognize

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French reconoistre, from Old French reconoistre, from Latin recognoscere, first attested in the 16th century. Displaced native English acknow (“to recognize, perceive as”), compare German erkennen and Swedish erkänna. Latin had rare recognizare (“to try by jury”).

Synonyms

place

Related words

acknowledge recognition reconnaissance

Derived words

allorecognize derecognize immunorecognize misrecognize recognin recognizability recognizable recognizably recognizance recognizant recognization recognizee recognizer recognizingly recognizor underrecognize unrecognizable unrecognize

Translations

Afrikaans: erken Bashkir: таныу Bulgarian: зачи́там Bulgarian: зачета́ Catalan: reconèixer Dutch: erkennen Finnish: tunnustaa Finnish: tunnistaa French: reconnaître Greek: αναγνωρίζω Hungarian: elismer Japanese: 認める Japanese: 認識する Malayalam: അംഗീകരിക്കുക Portuguese: reconhecer Romanian: recunoaște Russian: признава́ть Russian: призна́ть Spanish: reconocer Ukrainian: визнава́ти Ukrainian: ви́знати Walloon: ricnoxhe Zulu: -vuma
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