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rec·og·ni·tion 
[rek-uhg-nish-uhn] Pronunciation Key
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[rek-uhg-nish-uhn] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | an act of recognizing or the state of being recognized. |
| 2. | the identification of something as having been previously seen, heard, known, etc. |
| 3. | the perception of something as existing or true; realization. |
| 4. | the acknowledgment of something as valid or as entitled to consideration: the recognition of a claim. |
| 5. | the acknowledgment of achievement, service, merit, etc. |
| 6. | the expression of this in the form of some token of appreciation: This promotion constitutes our recognition of her exceptional ability. |
| 7. | formal acknowledgment conveying approval or sanction. |
| 8. | acknowledgment of right to be heard or given attention: The chairman refused recognition to any delegate until order could be restored. |
| 9. | International Law. an official act by which one state acknowledges the existence of another state or government, or of belligerency or insurgency. |
| 10. | the automated conversion of information, as words or images, into a form that can be processed by a machine, esp. a computer or computerized device. Compare optical character recognition, pattern recognition. |
| 11. | Biochemistry. the responsiveness of one substance to another based on the reciprocal fit of a portion of their molecular shapes. |
[Origin: 1425–75; late ME recognicion (< OF) < L recognitiōn- (s. of recognitiō), equiv. to recognit(us) (ptp. of recognōscere; see recognize) + -iōn- -ion]
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rec·og·ni·tion·al, adjective
re·cog·ni·tive
[ri-kog-ni-tiv] Pronunciation Key, re·cog·ni·to·ry
[ri-kog-ni-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, adjective
[ri-kog-ni-tiv] Pronunciation Key, re·cog·ni·to·ry
[ri-kog-ni-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, adjective —Synonyms 5. notice, acceptance.
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| rec·og·ni·tion
(rěk'əg-nĭsh'ən) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English recognicion, knowledge of an event, from Old French recognition, from Latin recognitiō, recognitiōn-, act of recognizing, from recognitus, past participle of recognōscere, to recognize; see recognize.] re·cog'ni·to'ry (rĭ-kŏg'nĭ-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē), re·cog'ni·tive (-tĭv) adj. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
recognition
recognition
1473, from L. recognitionem (nom. recognitio) "act of recognizing," from recognit-, pp. stem of recognoscere "to acknowledge, know again, examine" (see recognize).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| recognition | |
noun | |
| 1. | 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" |
| 2. | the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer" |
| 3. | approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying" |
| 4. | coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases" [syn: realization] |
| 5. | (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape; "molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities" |
| 6. | the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country; "territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991" |
| 7. | an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid; "the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States" |
| 8. | designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body; "he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman" |
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
recognition
recognition
In diplomacy, the act by which one nation acknowledges that a foreign government is a legitimate government and exchanges diplomats with it. The withholding of recognition is a way for one government to show its disapproval of another.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
recognition rec·og·ni·tion (rěk'əg-nĭsh'ən)
n.
- An awareness that something perceived has been perceived before.
- The ability of one molecule to attach itself to another molecule having a complementary shape, as in enzyme-substrate interactions.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: rec·og·ni·tion
Pronunciation: "re-k&g-'ni-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the act, process, or fact of recognizing
2 : the state of being recognized
Main Entry: rec·og·ni·tion
Pronunciation: "re-k&g-'ni-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the act, process, or fact of recognizing
2 : the state of being recognized
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Recognition
Rec`og*ni"tion\, n. [L. recognitio: cf. F. recognition. See Recognizance.] The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice. The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of God. --Hooker.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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