recognize

1. to know someone or something because you have seen or heard him or her or…

Meaning of

recognize

in English


recognize


verb


(


UK

usually


recognise

)


uk

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/

ˈrek.əɡ.naɪz

/


us

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/

ˈrek.əɡ.naɪz

/


recognize


verb


(

KNOW

)


B1


[

T

]

to

know

someone or something because you have

seen

or

heard

him or her or

experienced

it before:


I hadn’t

seen

her for 20

years

, but I recognized her

immediately

.


Do you recognize this

song

?


Doctors are

trained

to recognize the

symptoms

of different

diseases

.

He put on a

large


hat

and

glasses

as a

disguise

and

hoped

no one would recognize him.

His

red


hair

and

short


stature

made him

easy

to recognize.

As we

drew


alongside

the

black


car

, I

suddenly

recognized my ex-boyfriend at the

wheel

.

Many

distant


relatives

, most of whom I

hardly

recognized,

turned

up for my brother’s

wedding

.

He’d

completely


changed

– I didn’t recognize him.


Learning & knowing


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recognize


verb


(

ACCEPT

)


B2


[

T

]

to

accept

that something is

legal

,

true

, or

important

:


The

international


community

has

refused

to recognize

(=

officially


accept

the

existence

of)

the

newly


independent


nation


state

.


[

+ (that)

]


He

sadly

recognized

(that)

he would

die


childless

.


You must recognize the

seriousness

of the

problems

we are

facing

.


to accept that something is true


accept


I fully accept that I was wrong.


acknowledge


I acknowledge that the project has faced delays, but we will do all we can to make up time.


recognize


I do recognize that mistakes were made.


admit


Why don’t you just admit you got it wrong?


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C1

If a person’s

achievements

are recognized,

official


approval

is

shown

for them:


The Queen recognized his

services

to his

country

by

awarding

him an

MBE

.

The

country

has de

facto


independence

now, and it will

soon

be recognized de jure by the world’s

governments

.

His

pre-eminence

in his

subject

is

internationally

recognized.

We need to recognize that we are now

living

in a

plural


society

.

Alcoholics often have to

hit


rock


bottom

before they recognize that they have a

problem

.

Steiner was recognized as an

original

if

unorthodox


thinker

.


Believing


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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Accepting & agreeing


Praising and applauding

(Definition of

recognize

from the

Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus


© Cambridge University Press)

recognize

| American Dictionary


recognize


verb


[

T

]


us

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/


recognize


verb


[T]


(

KNOW

)

to

know

someone or something because you have

seen

or

experienced

that

person

or thing before:


I recognized my

old

high

school


teacher

from the

photograph

.


Doctors are

trained

to recognize the

symptoms

of different

diseases

.


recognize


verb


[T]


(

ACCEPT AS TRUE

)

to

accept

that something is

true

,

important

, or

legal

:


[

T

]


We recognize the

problems

you’ve

faced

and

sympathize

with you.


[

+ that clause

]


He recognized that it was

unlikely

he would

ever


see

her again.

To recognize is also to show

public


appreciation

for the

achievements

of someone, or a

person

or

group

:


[

T

]


With this

medal

, we would like to recognize Lynn Jennings for

excellence

in women’s

running

.


a recognizably American

name

(Definition of

recognize

from the

Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary


© Cambridge University Press)

recognize

| Business English


recognize


verb


[

T

]


(

also

UK



recognise

)


uk

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/

ˈrekəɡnaɪz

/


us

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to

know

what something is because you have

seen

it before, or because you have

heard

or

read

about it:


Managers

failed

to recognize the

symptoms

as

quickly

as they should.


More and more

people

are

beginning

to recognize

our


logo

.

to

accept

that something is

true

or

important

:


We need to recognize the

value

of

staff


training

and

development

.


recognize that


They

failed

to recognize that more

investment

was

needed

.

to

praise

or

reward

someone for what they have done:


His

contribution

to the

project

is recognized in all the

reports

.


recognize sb for sth


The

award

was

created

to recognize

photographers

for

outstanding


work

.

to

accept


officially

that a

person

or an

organization

has

authority

to do things, usually because they can

achieve

an

acceptable


standard

:


recognize sth as sth


The

school

has not

yet

been recognized as an

official


training


centre

.


They

refused

to recognize the

interim


government

.


IT

if a

machine

recognizes something, it is

able

to

read

it

electronically

and get

information

:


The

device

recognises the

bar


code

and

records

the

price

.


He was the

inventor

of an early

machine

to recognize

handwriting

.


ACCOUNTING

to

calculate

a

number

or

amount

in a

particular

way so that it can be

included

in a company’s

accounts

:


The most

common


system

is to recognize

revenue

when the

invoice

is

issued

.


The

school


finance


system


fails

to recognise the

costs

of

meeting


required


standards

.


They are not

required

to recognize in

their


financial


statements

any

short-term


declines

in the

value

of

stock

.

(Definition of

recognize

from the

Cambridge Business English Dictionary


© Cambridge University Press)

Examples

of


recognize

recognize


Additionally, these plans serve to identify possible problems and

recognize

ineffective designs.


Qualitative researchers have also recognized the problem of hierarchical, nested levels of context, even if they have not expressed the problem in those terms.


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Furthermore, since they were involved in the wholesaling of rice and fertilizer, they could not necessarily be recognized as retailers.


The government’s objective function depends on whether it recognizes returns to all land, both cultivated and common, or returns only to common land.


First, word forms can be accessed and recognized via the mental representations of their constituent morphemes.


Some fences have been replaced and moved compared to older maps, but it is still quite easy to

recognize

the localities from former studies.


Although those with more moderate illness remained in the community, they were not necessarily recognized as having a mental illness.


It is plain that straightforward maximizers who are recognized as such will not do well in healthcare (or generally any other) environments.


It is important to

recognize

that none of these forms of classification is itself straightforward.


It is recognized that this monocusp does not last for very long, in that it tends to adhere to the outflow patch.


Thus, both architecturally and socially, the aggrandizement played out in a way that recognized local needs alongside monarchical ones.


As such, we

recognize

objects ‘as’ trees or mountains or tombs.


But, unlike them, she recognizes race even as she seeks to transcend it.


A crucial precondition for getting this right is recognizing that a verbal element carries tense.


Let us now consider why it suffices to

recognize

just one verbal suffix that forms participles.


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Translations of

recognize

in Chinese (Traditional)
認識, 認出,認識, 識別…


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in Chinese (Simplified)
认识, 认出,认识, 识别…


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in Spanish
reconocer, identificar, recompensar…


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in Portuguese
reconhecer, admitir…


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~に見覚えがある, ~を(~だと)認識する, 受け入れる…


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tanımak, bilmek, kabul etmek…


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reconnaître…


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reconèixer…


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يَتَعَرَّف عَلى, يُدْرِك…


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poznat, uznat…


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genkende, erkende, anerkende…


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mengenali, mengakui…


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จำได้, ยอมรับ, เต็มใจที่จะมี่ความสัมพันธ์ทางการเมืองกัน…


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nhìn thấy, nghe thấy, thừa nhận…


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rozpoznawać, poznawać, uznawać…


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mengenali, mengakui, mengesahkan…


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erkennen, anerkennen…


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kjenne igjen, dra kjensel på, kjennes ved…


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알아보다, 인정하다…


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riconoscere, riconosce…


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узнавать, осознавать, признавать…


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