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acknowledged

[ak-nol-ijd]

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adjective

widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.

Origin:
1760–70; acknowledge + -ed²

Related forms

ac·knowl·edged·ly

[ak-nol-ijd-lee, -i-jid-] , adverb

self-ac·knowl·edged, adjective

un·ac·knowl·edged, adjective

well-ac·knowl·edged, adjective

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Example Sentences

Greenspan refused to accept blame for the crisis but acknowledged that his belief in deregulation had been shaken.

I'd have no problem had your reporter explicitly acknowledged that and framed her article in those terms.

The copyrights of authors and publishers are acknowledged.

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Greenspan refused to accept blame for the crisis but acknowledged that his belief in deregulation had been shaken.

I'd have no problem had your reporter explicitly acknowledged that and framed her article in those terms.

The copyrights of authors and publishers are acknowledged.

In cases where the participant is nonliterate, consent can be acknowledged with a mark or via verbal.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that radio-frequency spectrum is scarce in the.

They were the pride of their units and it was acknowledged that they provided the morale boosting so badly needed.

The company acknowledged that the problem exists with every version of its tabulation software.

For years, top officials at the agency acknowledged that lawsuits could aid the agency's oversight of safety issues.

Denham, the college's president, acknowledged that the school was doing well and could operate independently of the college.

For many years it was acknowledged that this was not an ideal way to allocate a company's scarce financial resources.

People more widely acknowledged as heroes represent a broad range of acts considered heroic.

And yet in his final writings, he acknowledged his own repressed hope that one day science would recast his maxims in neurology.

He was not acknowledged as a hero in his time, but instead proved to be one of those of whom the world is not worthy.

Hayden acknowledged during his keynote that there are problems with anticipating consequences of cyberwarfare attacks.

He once acknowledged bumping into his uncle's brother at a restaurant in the mid-1990s.

But from the moment they did, everyone acknowledged that.

The respective copyrights of authors and publishers are acknowledged.

But no one ever acknowledged his feelings or seemed to care about his pets' deaths.

Kolb's team acknowledged making errors and is coming out with a new paper going back to a purely small to large backreaction.

Pandeya acknowledged that the future of the site depends entirely on keeping its current community happy.

University officials acknowledged deficiencies in current procedures and said they would consider the audit's recommendations.

Another category of the needy are those who are not acknowledged by any government as belonging to a country.

Remarkably, no historical records acknowledged the existence of this army, so they were lost to time.

The company acknowledged that it had some work to do.

He found no links to smoking frequency or dependence, though he acknowledged that other studies have found this correlation.

Within modern society, there are two things that cannot be acknowledged.

But the authors argue that rather than introducing a methodological flaw, they simply acknowledged a shared point of reference.

They are widely acknowledged to inspire travel to those destinations.

The developer of that calculator acknowledged the error and has alerted potential users to the problem.

Scientists acknowledged the importance of conditioning, but cognition is no longer considered a matter of mere mechanics.

Yet the research universities that train graduate students have not always acknowledged this reality.

The stock market dips on rumors of bad news and flips up on knowledge that the bad news is acknowledged.

Langley is still acknowledged as a significant aeronautical experimenter.

The agency acknowledged that better controls were needed.

But he also acknowledged that there's a surprising amount of ambiguity at the confluence of observation, inference and certainty.

The company's statement acknowledged the pressure:.

He acknowledged that his office had a margarita machine at the fair.

Less acknowledged are botched conservation strategies that for decades have failed the tiger.

The need for this kind of conceptual framework has been generally acknowledged in the physics community for.

Apple in the past has acknowledged problems with the way the iPhone handles basic calls.

Young also acknowledged that donor interest can sometimes cross the line into interference.

Knowing that you are working for a dog is not particularly motivating, whereas working for an acknowledged star usually is.

However, the genetic component is real as acknowledged.

However, it was acknowledged that exceptions to that rule may occur.

He also acknowledged that the colleges face huge challenges because of dire budget conditions in many states, including his own.

More secrets may be revealed by research into the skeleton's more acknowledged role of scaffolding.

Politicians have acknowledged the crippling cost of medicine, yet their proposals do little to fix these basic flaws.

Raul acknowledged in a roundabout way that the data existed, but said it was too sensitive to release.

He acknowledged that the challenge to increase the number of people with some higher education is daunting.

Their movement is widely acknowledged as a moderate force.

Puerperal fever came to be acknowledged to have one cause, an iatrogenic cause, absence of physician prophylaxis.

The company has not acknowledged a manufacturing defect.

Tuirán acknowledged that those efforts remain insufficient to meet demand for spots at traditional universities.

Newton and even einstien acknowledged a higher being.

Others acknowledged the potential risks of universities working more closely with industry.

But some law schools have not acknowledged the necessity of those difficult discussions.

Ariely acknowledged too was subject to that kind of thinking.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object), -edged, -edg·ing.

to admit to be real or true; recognize the existence, truth, or fact of: to acknowledge one's mistakes.

to show or express recognition or realization of: to acknowledge an acquaintance by nodding.

to recognize the authority, validity, or claims of: The students acknowledged the authority of the student council.

to show or express appreciation or gratitude for: to acknowledge a favor.

to indicate or make known the receipt of: to acknowledge a letter.

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to take notice of or reply to: to acknowledge a greeting.

Law. to confirm as binding or of legal force: to acknowledge a deed.

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Origin:
1475–85; acknowleche, apparently either Middle English aknou(en) to recognize (Old English oncnāwan; see a-¹, know) + -leche noun suffix (Old English *-lǣce, by-form of -lac; compare knowledge, wedlock); or blend of aknouen and knouleche knowledge; then a- was mistaken for ac-

Related forms

ac·knowl·edge·a·ble, adjective

ac·knowl·edg·er, noun

pre·ac·knowl·edge, verb (used with object), -edged, -edg·ing.

re·ac·knowl·edge, verb (used with object), -edged, -edg·ing.

un·ac·knowl·edg·ing, adjective

Synonyms
1. concede, confess, grant. Acknowledge, admit, confess agree in the idea of declaring something to be true. Acknowledge implies making a statement reluctantly, often about something previously denied: to acknowledge a fault. Admit especially implies acknowledging something under pressure: to admit a charge. Confess usually means stating somewhat formally an admission of wrongdoing, crime, or shortcoming: to confess guilt; to confess an inability to understand.

Antonyms
1. deny, disclaim, disavow.

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Word Origin & History

acknowledge

1550s, a blend of M.E. aknow (from O.E. oncnawan "understand," from on + cnawan "recognize;" see know) and M.E. verb knowlechen "admit." Somehow, in the merger, a parasitic -c- slipped in, so that, while the kn- became a simple "n" sound (as in know), the -c- stepped up to

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preserve, in this word, the ancient "kn-" sound.

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