recognise

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recognise (third-person singular simple present recognises, present participle recognising, simple past and past participle recognised)

  1. (transitive) To match something or someone which one currently perceives to a memory of some previous encounter with the same entity.
  2. (transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of something.; treat as worthy of consideration or valid.
    The US and a number of EU countries are expected to recognise Kosovo on Monday.
  3. (transitive) To acknowledge or consider as something.
  4. (transitive) To realise or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in; realise or admit that.
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
      “… That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. …”
  5. (transitive) To give an award.

Translations [edit]

to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
to acknowledge the existence or legality of something
to acknowledge as something
to realize or discover the nature of something
to give an award
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