recognise

rec•og•nise

(ˈrɛk əgˌnaɪz)
v.t. -nised, -nis•ing.

Chiefly Brit. recognize.

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recognise

Past participle: recognised
Gerund: recognising

Imperative

recognise

recognise

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	recognise - show approval or appreciation of; "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean" recognize prize, treasure, value, appreciate - hold dear; "I prize these old photographs" honor, honour, reward - bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action" rubricate - place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint; "She was rubricated by the pope"
	2.	recognise - grant credentials to; "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree" accredit, recognize licence, license, certify - authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state"
	3.	recognise - detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" discern, make out, tell apart, spot, pick out, distinguish, recognize resolve - make clearly visible; "can this image be resolved?" discriminate - distinguish; "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish"
	4.	recognise - express greetings upon meeting someone greet, recognize shake hands - take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation curtsy, bob - make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect; "She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand" salute - greet in a friendly way; "I meet this men every day on my way to work and he salutes me" salute, present - recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position; "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute" salute - honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers herald, hail - greet enthusiastically or joyfully welcome, receive - bid welcome to; greet upon arrival say farewell - say good-bye or bid farewell bid, wish - invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell" accost, come up to, address - speak to someone
	5.	recognise - express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for; "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us" acknowledge, recognize give thanks, thank - express gratitude or show appreciation to appreciate - recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
	6.	recognise - be fully aware or cognizant of   agnise, agnize, realize, recognize, realise cognise, cognize, know - be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" know - know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big show-off"
	7.	recognise - perceive to be the same recognize recall, recollect, remember, call back, call up, retrieve, think - recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" identify - consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
	8.	recognise - accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" recognize, acknowledge, know accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

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Translations

يَعْتَرِفيَعْتَرِف بيَعْرِف، يَتَعَرَّف علىيَقْبَل سُلْطَة

poznatuznat

erkennenanerkennen

reconocer

oivaltaatunnistaatunnustaatuntea

reconnaitrereconnaître

elismerfelismermegismer

òekkja, bera kennsl áviîurkennaviîurkenna, gangast viî

riconoscere

表彰認める認識する

atpazītatzītpazīt

herkennenonderkennen

anerkjennegjenkjennevedkjenne seg

reconhecer

recunoaşte

опознатьосознаватьосознатьпознатьпостигать

erkännakänna igen

公认愿意建立邦交承认承认…有效认可

recognize,

recognise

(ˈrekəgnaiz) verb

1. to see, hear etc (a person, thing etc) and know who or what that person, thing etc is, because one has seen or heard him, it etc before. I recognized his voice/handwriting; I recognized him by his voice. herken يَعْرِف، يَتَعَرَّف على разпознавам reconhecer poznat erkennen genkende αναγνωρίζωreconocer ära tundma تشخیص دادن tunnistaa reconnaître לְזָהוֹת पहचानना prepoznati felismer mengenali þekkja, bera kennsl á riconoscere ～だとわかる 알아보다 atpažinti pazīt; atpazīt mengenali herkennengjenkjennerozpoznać پيژندل، په رسميت پيژندل، په ځاى راوستل ياراوړل، اقراركول، اعتراف كول، دويناحق وركول reconhecer a recunoaşte узнавать poznať prepoznati prepoznati känna igen จำได้ tanımak 辨認出 впізнавати شناخت کرنا nhìn thấy; nghe thấy 辨认出

2. to admit, acknowledge. Everyone recognized his skill. herken, erken يَعْتَرِف признавам reconhecer uznat anerkennen erkende αναγνωρίζω, παραδέχομαιreconocer (tunnustavalt) tähele panema, tunnistama تایید کردن tunnustaa reconnaître לְהַכִּיר मान्यता देना uočiti, otkriti elismer mengakui viðurkenna, gangast við riconosce 認める 인정하다 pripažinti atzīt mengakui erkennenanerkjenne, vedkjenne seguznać پيژندل reconhecer a recunoaşte отдавать должное uznať, pripustiť priznati priznati erkänna ยอมรับ kabul etmek 認同，肯定 визнавати اعتراف کرنا thừa nhận; chấp nhận 认可，承认

3. to be willing to have political relations with. Many countries were unwilling to recognize the new republic. erken يَعْتَرِف ب признавам reconhecer uznat anerkennen anerkende αναγνωρίζωreconocer tunnustama به رسمیت شناختن tunnustaa reconnaître לְהַכִּיר राजनीतिक मान्यता देना priznati elismer mengakui viðurkenna og taka upp stjórnmálasamband við riconoscere 承認する 공식적으로 인정하다 pripažinti atzīt mengesahkan erkennenanerkjenneuznać په رسميت پيژندل reconhecer a recunoaşte признавать uznať priznati priznati erkänna เต็มใจที่จะมี่ความสัมพันธ์ทางการเมืองกัน tanımak 承認，願意建立邦交 визнавати تسلیم کرنا công nhận 承认，愿意建立邦交认可

4. to accept as valid, well-qualified etc. I don't recognize the authority of this court. erken يَقْبَل سُلْطَة признавам reconhecer uznat anerkennen acceptere αναγνωρίζωreconocer tunnistama قبول داشتن؛ قانونی دانستن tunnustaa reconnaître לְהַכִּיר मानना, स्वीकार करना, मान्यता देना prihvatiti elfogad mengakui viðurkenna riconoscere 受入れる 승인하다 pripažinti atzīt (likumību u.tml.) mengesah erkennenanerkjenneuznać قبول کول reconhecer a recu­noaşte признавать uznať, pripustiť priznavati priznati erkänna รับรอง tanımak 承認，認定為有效、合格等 визнавати صحیح سمجھنا công nhận tính hợp pháp 公认，承认…有效

ˌrecogˈnizable, ˌrecogˈnisable adjective

(negative unrecognizable). herkenbaar, erkenbaar مُمْكِن التَّعَرُّف عَلَيْه познаваем reconhecível zjistitelný erkennbar anerkendelsesværdig αναγνωρίσιμος, εμφανήςreconocible ära tuntav قابل تشخیص tunnistettava reconnaissable נִיתָן לְהַכִּירוֹ आभिज्ञेय koji se može prepoznati (priznati, dopustiti fel-/megismerhető bisa dikenali þekkjanlegur riconoscibile 見分けられる 인식할 수 있는 atpažįstamas atpazīstams disahkan herkenbaargjenkjennelig, merkbar możliwy do rozpoznania دپيژندنى وړ reconhecível recognoscibil опознаваемый poznateľný, zistiteľný, rozoznateľný spoznaven prepoznatljiv igenkännlig ยอมรับได้ tanınabilir 可辨識的，可認同的 такий, що можна пізнати; пізнаваний قابل شناخت có thể công nhận 可认识的，可承认的

ˌrecogˈnizably, ˌrecogˈnisably adverb

erkenbaar, herkenbaar بصورَةٍ مُمْكِن التَّعَرُّف بها على познаваемо reconhecimento zjistitelně erkennbar anerkendelsesværdigt φανερά de modo reconocible äratuntavalt به طور قابل تشخیص tunnistettavasti de manière reconnaissable בבירור आभिज्ञेयता से prihvatljivost felismerhetően dikenal þekkjanlega in maniera riconoscibile 見分けて 인식할 수 있어 aiškiai, pastebimai pazīstami; atzīstami disahkan herkenbaargjenkjennelig, merkbart zauważalnie, wyraźnie دتشخيص په توګه de modo reconhecível de re­cunoscut оо��наваемо zrejme, zjavne spoznavno prepoznatljivo igenkännligt ซึ่งยอมรับได้ tanınabilecek şekilde 可辨識地，可認同地 пізнавано بطور شناخت có thể công nhận 可认识地，可承认地

ˌrecogˈnition (-ˈniʃən) noun

the act or state of recognizing or being recognized. They gave the boy a medal in recognition of his courage; I said hello to him but he showed no recognition. herkenning إعْتِراف، إقْرار признаване reconhecimento uznání; poznání die Anerkennung, das Erkennen anerkendelse; genkendelse αναγνώρισηreconocimiento tunnustamine تشخیص tunnustus reconnaissanceהכרה मान्यता prepoznavanje, priznanje (f)elismerés pengakuan viðurkenning; kennsl riconoscimento 認識 인정, 승인 atpažinimas, pripažinimas atzinība; pazīšana pengesahan herkenning, erkenninganerkjennelse, gjenkjennelse, erkjennelseuznanie, rozpoznanie پيژندنه، مننه، په رسميت پيژندنه reconhecimento (semn de) recunoaştere/apreciere узнавание; признание poznanie; uznanie priznanje; spoznanje pepoznavanje erkännande การยอมรับ tanıma 認出、(獲得)肯定或承認 визнання; схвалення شناساءی sự công nhận, sự nhận ra 认识，承认，认可

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