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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Recognition \Rec`og*ni"tion\ (r[e^]k`[o^]g*n[i^]sh"[u^]n), n.
     [L. recognitio: cf. F. recognition. See Recognizance.]
     The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized;
     acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed;
     notice.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The lives of such saints had, at the time of their
           yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of
           God.                                     --Hooker.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Recognition \Rec`og*ni"tion\, n. [L. recognitio: cf. F.
     recognition. See Recognizance.]
     The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized;
     acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed;
     notice.
  
           The lives of such saints had, at the time of their
           yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of
           God.                                     --Hooker.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  recognition
       n 1: the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged;
            "the partners were delighted with the recognition of
            their work"; "she seems to avoid much in the way of
            recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to
            her own" [syn: acknowledgment, acknowledgement]
       2: the process of recognizing something or someone by
          remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as
          remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental
          psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of
          the stimulus to its recognition by the observer" [syn: identification]
       3: approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given
          credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"; "the
          credits were given at the end of the film" [syn: credit]
       4: coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a
          growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden
          recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing
          recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other
          chronic diseases" [syn: realization, realisation]
       5: (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another
          molecule that has a complementary shape; "molecular
          recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone
          and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the
          organization of molecules into larger biologically active
          entities"
       6: the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or
          of the national independence of a country; "territorial
          disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of
          Belize in 1991"
       7: an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid; "the
          recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico
          and the United States"
       8: designation by the chair granting a person the right to
          speak in a deliberative body; "he was unable to make his
          motion because he couldn't get recognition by the
          chairman"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  recognition
     Αγγλικά n.
     η καταξίωση

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  recognition
     Old French n.
     recognition

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  recognition
     n.
     1 The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (gloss:
  matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of
  the same entity).
     2 acceptance as valid or true.
     3 official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of
  another country.
     4 honour, favourable note, or attention.
     5 (lb en immunology) The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind
  to some specific antigens and not to others.
     6 (lb en Scotland legal historical) A return of the feu to the
  superior.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  recognition
     Old French n.
     recognition

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  recognition
     Old French n.
     recognition

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  recognition
     Englanti n.
     tunnustus, tunnistus

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  recognition
     Engelska n.
     igenkänning

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Recognition /ɹˌɛkəɡnˈɪʃən/
  الإعتراف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  recognition //ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən// 
  1. прие́мане
  acceptance as valid or true
  2. одобре́ние, призна́ние
  honour, favorable note, or attention
  3. призна́ване
  official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country
  4. разпозна́ване
  the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized