acknowledgment

English

Alternative forms

• acknowledgement (most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US)

Etymology

acknowledge +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əkˈnɑl.ɪd͡ʒ.mənt/, /əɡˈnɑl.ɪd͡ʒ.mənt/
• IPA^(key): /əkˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ.mənt/, /əɡˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ.mənt/
• Hyphenation: ac‧know‧ledg‧ment

• Audio (US):

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Noun

acknowledgment (countable and uncountable, plural acknowledgments)

1. The act of acknowledging

   Synonym: admission.

2. The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
3. A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
4. An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.

   the acknowledgment of a favor

5. A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.

   the acknowledgment of a wedding invitation

6. (telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
7. A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
   • 1871, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, p. 41:

     This is conveniently done by means of a written instrument, called a bill of exchange, which is, in fact, a transferable order by a creditor upon his debtor, and when accepted by the debtor, that is, authenticated by his signature, becomes an acknowledgment of debt.

   acknowledgment of a deed

8. (law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
9. (law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.

Synonyms

• (act of acknowledging): confession, concession, recognition, admission, avowal, recognizance, ACK

Translations

act of acknowledging

• Bengali: স্বীকৃতি (śikriti)
• Bulgarian: признание (bg) (priznanie), потвърждение (bg) (potvǎrždenie)
• Catalan: reconeixement (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 承認／承认 (zh) (chéngrèn), 承认 (zh) (chéngrèn)

• Czech: uznání n, přiznání (cs) n
• Dutch: erkenning (nl), bekentenis (nl) f
• Esperanto: agnosko
• Estonian: vastuvõtukinnitus
• Finnish: kuittaus (fi), myöntäminen (fi), tunnustaminen (fi), tunnustus (fi), hyväksyntä (fi), hyväksyminen (fi), omistaminen (fi)
• French: aveu (fr) m, confession (fr) f, reconnaissance (fr) f
• German: Anerkennung (de) f, Bestätigung (de) f (confirmation)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: elismerés (hu)
• Interlingua: admission, recognoscimento
• Interlingue: , ,
• Irish: admháil f
• Italian: riconoscimento (it)
• Japanese: 承認 (ja) (しょうにん, shōnin), 承知 (しょうち, shōchi)
• Maori: tūtohunga
• Portuguese: reconhecimento (pt) m
• Romanian: recunoaștere (ro) f
• Russian: призна́ние (ru) n (priznánije), подтвержде́ние (ru) n (podtverždénije) (confirmation)
• Spanish: reconocimiento (es)
• Swedish: erkännande (sv)
• Volapük: dasev (vo)

act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship

• Bulgarian: признание (bg) (priznanie)
• Dutch: erkenning (nl) f
• Esperanto: agnosko
• Finnish: tunnustaminen (fi)
• German: Anerkennung (de) f, Anerkenntnis n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: admháil f
• 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 (fi), huomionosoitus
• French: récompense (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Anerkennung (de) f
• Italian: riconoscimento (it) m
• Portuguese: reconhecimento (pt) m

expression of thanks

• Catalan: agraïment (ca) m
• Dutch: erkentelijkheid f
• Finnish: tunnustus (fi), kiitos (fi), omistuskirjoitus (fi)
• French: remerciement (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Danksagung f
• Italian: riconoscimento (it) m
• Portuguese: reconhecimento (pt) m
• Romanian: recunoștință (ro) f, apreciere (ro) f

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

• Dutch: ontvangstbevestiging f
• Finnish: vastaus (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Quittung (de) f

indication of a successful receipt of a transmission

• Dutch: ontvangstbevestiging f, kwitantie (nl) f
• Finnish: vastaanottoilmoitus, kuittaus (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Quittung (de) f
• Hungarian: visszaigazolás
• Romanian: chitanță (ro) f, recipisă (ro) f

act of a man admitting a child as his own

• Bulgarian: припознаване (pripoznavane)
• Dutch: erkenning (nl) f
• Finnish: isyyden tunnustaminen
• German: Anerkennung (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: riconoscimento (it) m
• Portuguese: reconhecimento (pt) 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: todistus (fi)
• German: Bestätigung (de) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} admission, ^{(please verify)} recognoscimento
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} reconocimiento (es) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} dasev (vo)

Further reading

• “acknowledgment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “acknowledgment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.