acknowledgement

ac·knowl·edg·ment or ac·knowl·edge·ment  (k-nlj-mnt)

n.

1. The act of admitting or owning to something.

2. Recognition of another's existence, validity, authority, or right.

3. An answer or response in return for something done.

4. An expression of thanks or a token of appreciation.

5. A formal declaration made to authoritative witnesses to ensure legal validity.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	acknowledgement - 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" acknowledgment, recognition acceptance - the state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club"
	2.	acknowledgement - a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" acknowledgment credits - a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film) receipt - an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about farewell, word of farewell - an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting greeting, salutation - (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting) aloha, ciao - an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) handclasp, handshake, handshaking, shake - grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) apology - an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone; "he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess" mea culpa - an acknowledgment of your error or guilt condolence, commiseration - an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent their condolences" regrets, declination - a polite refusal of an invitation admission - an acknowledgment of the truth of something thanks - an acknowledgment of appreciation

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acknowledgement acknowledgment

noun

1. recognition, allowing, understanding, yielding, profession, admission, awareness, acceptance, confession, realization, accession, acquiescence He appreciated her acknowledgement of his maturity.

2. greeting, welcome, notice, recognition, reception, hail, hailing, salute, salutation He smiled in acknowledgement and gave her a bow.

3. appreciation, answer, thanks, credit, response, reply, reaction, recognition, gratitude, indebtedness, thankfulness, gratefulness Grateful acknowledgement is made for permission to reprint.

Translations

acknowledgement [əkˈnɒlɪdʒmənt] N

1. (= admission) → admisión f; (= recognition) → reconocimiento m
in acknowledgement of → en reconocimiento de, en agradecimiento a
I wish to make public acknowledgement of the help → quiero agradecer públicamente la ayuda
to make acknowledgements → expresar su agradecimiento

2. (Comm) [of letter etc] → acuse m de recibo

3. [of greeting] → contestación f

4. to quote sb without acknowledgement → citar a algn sin mencionar la fuente acknowledgements (in book) → menciones fpl

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acknowledgement [ækˈnɒlɪdʒmənt]

n

(= acceptance) [problem, defeat, failure] → aveu m
sb's acknowledgement that ... → l'aveu de qn du fait que ...

(= appreciation, recognition) [applause, compliments] → reconnaissance f

[letter, parcel] → accusé m de réception

(= gesture of recognition) [person met] to smile in acknowledgement → sourire en signe de reconnaissance

acknowledgements npl (in book) → remerciements mpl
acknowledgement slip n → accusé m de réception

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acknowledgement

n → Anerkennung f; (of quotation) → Angabe f; (= recognition: of truth, fault, defeat etc) → Eingeständnis nt; (of letter, present) → Empfangsbestätigung f; (of greetings, cheers etc) → Erwiderung f; he waved in acknowledgement → er winkte zurück; in acknowledgement of → in Anerkennung (+gen); to quote without acknowledgement → ohne Quellenangabe zitieren; I received no acknowledgement → ich erhielt keine Antwort; as an acknowledgement of my gratitude → zum Zeichen meiner Dankbarkeit; acknowledgements are due to … → ich habe/wir haben … zu danken; (in book) → mein/unser Dank gilt …

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acknowledgement [əkˈnɒlɪdʒmənt]

a. n (admission) → ammissione f, riconoscimento; (of letter) → conferma (di aver ricevuto)
in acknowledgement of → a riconoscimento di

b. acknowledgements npl (in book) → ringraziamenti mpl

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acknowledgement → تعبير عن الشُكر potvrzení anerkendelse Anerkennung παραδοχή reconocimiento tunnustaminen reconnaissance priznanje riconoscimento 承認 인정 erkenning erkjennelse uznanie confirmação признание bekräftelse การยอมรับ ikrar sự công nhận 鸣谢