recognizable

rec·og·nize

 (rĕk′əg-nīz′)
tr.v. rec·og·nized, rec·og·niz·ing, rec·og·niz·es
1. To know to be something that has been perceived before: recognize a face.
2. To know or identify from past experience or knowledge: recognize hostility.
3. To perceive or show acceptance of the validity or reality of: recognizes the concerns of the tenants.
4. To permit to address a meeting: The club's president recognized the new member.
5. To accept officially the national status of as a new government.
6. To show awareness of; approve of or appreciate: recognize services rendered.
7. To admit the acquaintance of, as by salutation: recognize an old friend with a cheerful greeting.
8. Law To enter into a recognizance.
9. Biology To exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate, for example).

[Middle English recognisen, to resume possession of land, alteration (influenced by Medieval Latin recognizāre, to recognize) of Old French reconoistre, reconoiss-, to know again, from Latin recognōscere : re-, re- + cognōscere, to get to know; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.]

rec′og·niz′a·ble adj.
rec′og·niz′a·bly adv.
rec′og·niz′er n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.recognizable - easily perceived; easy to become aware of; "this situation produces recognizable stress symptoms"
perceptible - capable of being perceived by the mind or senses; "a perceptible limp"; "easily perceptible sounds"; "perceptible changes in behavior"
2.recognizable - capable of being recognized
identifiable - capable of being identified
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recognizable

adjective notable, distinct, noticeable, conspicuous, unmistakable, identifiable, detectable, perceptible, distinguishable the world's most recognizable athlete
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Translations
يـُمْكِنُ التَعَرُّفُ عَلَيْه
rozeznatelnýrozpoznatelnývýraznýzjistitelný
genkendelig
erkennbar
αναγνωρίσιμος
reconocible
tunnistettava
reconnaissable
prepoznatljiv
megismerhetõ
òekkjanlegur
riconoscibile
認識できる
알아볼 수 있는
herkenbaar
gjenkjennelig
rozpoznawalny
reconhecível
узнаваемый
poznateľný
igenkännlig
ซึ่งสามารถจำได้
tanınabilir
có thể nhận ra
可辨认的

recognizable

[ˈrekəgnaɪzəbl] ADJreconocible
it is recognizable asse le reconoce or identifica como ...
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recognizable

[ˌrɛkəgˈnaɪzəbəl] recognisable (British) adjreconnaissable
She was hardly recognizable in that enormous hat
BUT On la reconnaissait à peine avec cet immense chapeau.
recognizable by → reconnaissable à
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recognizable

adjerkennbar; you’re scarcely recognizable with that beardSie sind mit dem Bart kaum zu erkennen; Poland is no longer recognizable as the country I knew in 1940Polen ist nicht mehr das Land, das ich 1940 kannte
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recognizable

[ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzəbl] adj recognizable (by)riconoscibile (a or da)
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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.
2. to admit, acknowledge. Everyone recognized his skill.
3. to be willing to have political relations with. Many countries were unwilling to recognize the new republic.
4. to accept as valid, well-qualified etc. I don't recognize the authority of this court.
ˌrecogˈnizable, ˌrecogˈnisable adjective
(negative unrecognizable).
ˌrecogˈnizably, ˌrecogˈnisably adverb
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.
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recognizable

يـُمْكِنُ التَعَرُّفُ عَلَيْه výrazný genkendelig erkennbar αναγνωρίσιμος reconocible tunnistettava reconnaissable prepoznatljiv riconoscibile 認識できる 알아볼 수 있는 herkenbaar gjenkjennelig rozpoznawalny reconhecível узнаваемый igenkännlig ซึ่งสามารถจำได้ tanınabilir có thể nhận ra 可辨认的
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