recognise

English

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• recognize (US)

Verb

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.
5. (transitive) To give an award.

Translations

to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter

Arabic: تعرف (taʕárrafa) Chinese: 認出, 认出 (rènchū) Czech: poznat (cs) Dutch: herkennen (nl) Finnish: tunnistaa (fi) tuntea (fi) French: reconnaître (fr) German: erkennen (de) Hungarian: felismer (hu), megismer (hu) Italian: riconoscere (it)

Japanese: 認める (ja) (みとめる, mitomeru), 認識する (ja) (ninshiki suru) Korean: 알아보다 (araboda) Portuguese: reconhecer (pt) Romanian: recunoaște (ro) Russian: узнавать (ru) (uznavát’) impf., узнать (ru) (uznát’) pf.; опознавать (ru) (opoznavát’) impf., опознать (ru) (opoznát’) pf. Spanish: reconocer (es) Swedish: känna igen (sv)

to acknowledge the existence or legality of something

Czech: uznat (cs) Dutch: erkennen (nl) Finnish: tunnustaa (fi) Hungarian: elismer (hu) Japanese: 認める (ja) (みとめる, mitomeru), 認識する (ja) (ninshiki suru)

Portuguese: reconhecer (pt) Romanian: recunoaște (ro) Russian: признавать (ru) (priznavát’) impf., признать (ru) (priznát’) pf. Swedish: erkänna (sv)

to acknowledge as something

Dutch: erkennen (nl) Japanese: 認める (ja) (みとめる, mitomeru), 認識する (ja) (ninshiki suru) Portuguese: reconhecer (pt)

Romanian: recunoaște (ro) Russian: признавать (ru) (priznavát’) impf., признать (ru) (priznát’) pf.

to realize or discover the nature of something

Dutch: onderkennen (nl) Finnish: oivaltaa (fi) Japanese: 認める (ja) (みとめる, mitomeru), 認識する (ja) (ninshiki suru) Romanian: recunoaște (ro)

Russian: осознавать (ru) (osoznavát’) impf., осознать (ru) (osoznát’) pf.; постигать (ru) (postigát’) impf., постичь (ru) (postíč) pf. Swedish: erkänna (sv)

to give an award

Japanese: 認める (ja) (みとめる, mitomeru); 表彰する (ja) (hyōshō suru)

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Dutch: herkennen, onderkennen Ewe: dzesi French: reconnaître German: anerkennen Spanish: reconocer Telugu: గుర్తించు (gurtimchu) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

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