acknowledgement

English

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• acknowledgment (US)

Noun

acknowledgement (plural acknowledgements) (UK)

1. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
2. The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
3. An award or other expression or token of appreciation.
4. An expression of gratitude.
5. A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.

   a wedding invitation's acknowledgement

6. (telecommunications, computing, networking) A response sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission.

   See Wikipedia article on transmission

7. (law) The act of a man admitting a child as his own.
8. (law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfilment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.

Synonyms

• confession, concession, recognition, admission, avowal, recognizance, ACK

Translations

act of acknowledging

• Bulgarian: признание (bg) (priznanie), потвърждение (bg) (potvǎrždenie)
• Czech: uznání (cs) n, přiznání (cs) n
• Dutch: erkenning (nl), bekentenis (nl) f
• Finnish: tunnustus, tunnustaminen, hyväksyntä, hyväksyminen, myöntäminen, omistaminen
• French: reconnaissance (fr) f
• German: Anerkennung f, Bestätigung f, Anerkenntnis n

• Italian: riconoscimento (it) m
• Portuguese: reconhecimento (pt) m
• Romanian: recunoaștere (ro) f
• Russian: признание (ru) (priznanije) n
• Spanish: reconocimiento (es) m
• Swedish: erkännande (sv)

act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship

• Bulgarian: признание (bg) (priznanie)
• Dutch: erkenning (nl) f
• Esperanto: agnosko (eo)
• Finnish: tunnustaminen (fi)

• German: Anerkennung f, Anerkenntnis n
• Italian: riconoscimento (it) m
• Portuguese: reconhecimento (pt) m
• Romanian: recunoaștere (ro) f

award

• Bulgarian: отличие (bg) (otličie)
• Dutch: toekenning (nl) f, erkenning (nl) f
• Finnish: tunnustuspalkinto, palkinto, huomionosoitus

• French: récompense (fr) f
• German: Anerkennung (de) f
• Italian: riconoscimento (it) m

expression of thanks

• Dutch: erkentelijkheid (nl) f
• Finnish: tunnustus (fi), kiitos (fi), omistuskirjoitus (fi)
• French: remerciement (fr) m

• German: Anerkennung (de) f
• Italian: riconoscimento (it) m
• Romanian: recunoștință (ro) f, apreciere (ro) f

message informing that the originator's communication has been received and understood

• Dutch: ontvangstbevestiging (nl) f
• Finnish: vastaus (fi)

• German: Quittung (de) f

indication of a successful receipt of a transmission

• Dutch: ontvangstbevestiging (nl) f, kwitantie (nl) f
• Finnish: vastaanottoilmoitus, kuittaus

• German: Quittung (de) f
• Romanian: chitanță (ro) f, recipisă (ro) f

act of a man admitting a child as his own

• Bulgarian: припознаване (bg) (pripoznavane)
• Dutch: erkenning (nl) f
• Finnish: isyyden tunnustaminen

• German: Anerkennung (de) f
• Italian: riconoscimento (it) m
• Romanian: recunoaștere (ro) f, adeverire (ro) f

formal statement or document recognizing the fulfilment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure

• Bulgarian: потвърждение (bg) (potvǎrždenie)
• Dutch: bevestiging (nl) f

• Finnish: todistus (fi)
• German: Bestätigung (de) f

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Translations to be checked

• French: remerciement m
• Interlingua: admission, recognoscimento

• Portuguese: reconhecimento m
• Spanish: reconocimiento m
• Volapük: dasev