recognize
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɹɛkəgnaɪz/, SAMPA: /"rEk@gnaIz/
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[edit] Alternative spellings
- re-cognize
- recognise in Commonwealth English
[edit] Etymology 1
From Latin recognoscere
[edit] Verb
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to recognize (third-person singular simple present recognizes, present participle recognizing, simple past and past participle recognized)
- (transitive) To match something or someone which one currently perceives to a memory of some previous encounter with the same entity.
- (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 recognize Kosovo on Monday.
- (transitive) To acknowledge or consider as something.
- (transitive) To realise or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in; realise or admit that.
- (transitive) To give an award.
[edit] Derived terms
- recognizability
- recognizable
- recognizably
- recognizant
- recognization
- recognizee
- recognizer
- recognizor
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
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to acknowledge the existence or legality of something
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to acknowledge as something
to realize or discover the nature of something
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[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Verb
recognize
- To cognize again.
