recognise

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"