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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 Legend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.acknowledgement - the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledgedacknowledgement - 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"
acceptance - the state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club"
2.acknowledgement - a statement acknowledging something or someoneacknowledgement - 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"
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

acknowledgement acknowledgment
noun
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 ofen reconocimiento de, en agradecimiento a
I wish to make public acknowledgement of the helpquiero agradecer públicamente la ayuda
to make acknowledgementsexpresar su agradecimiento
2. (Comm) [of letter etc] → acuse m de recibo
3. [of greeting] → contestación f
4. to quote sb without acknowledgementcitar a algn sin mencionar la fuente acknowledgements (in book) → menciones fpl

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 naccusé m de réception

acknowledgement
nAnerkennung 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 acknowledgementer winkte zurück; in acknowledgement ofin Anerkennung (+gen); to quote without acknowledgementohne Quellenangabe zitieren; I received no acknowledgementich erhielt keine Antwort; as an acknowledgement of my gratitudezum Zeichen meiner Dankbarkeit; acknowledgements are due to …ich habe/wir haben … zu danken; (in book) → mein/unser Dank gilt

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

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


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All day passed a a part of the next before any acknowledgement arrived, and she was beginning to fear she had offended her crochety friend.
Four shallops came off with very little noise alongside the lugger, which, no doubt, in acknowledgement of the compliment, lowered her own shallop into the sea, and the five boats worked so well that by two o'clock in the morning all the cargo was out of The Young Amelia and on terra firma.
Barkis rubbed his cheek with his cuff, and then looked at his cuff as if he expected to find some of the bloom upon it; but made no other acknowledgement of the compliment.
 
 
 
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