Recognition
[rekəg'nɪʃ(ə)n] or [,rɛkəɡ'nɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) approval; 'give her recognition for trying'; 'he was given credit for his work'; 'give her credit for trying'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) (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'.
(noun.) 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'.
Inputed by Camille--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.
Typed by Greta
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Recollection, memory, remembrance.[2]. Acknowledgment, avowal, confession.
Typed by Brian
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Recollection, remembrance, memory, confession, avowal, acknowledgment,[SeeMEMORY]
Editor: Omar
Examples
- He kissed Amy as she started up to meet him, nodded to Fanny, nodded to his father, gloomed on the visitor without further recognition, and sat down. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It might be for a day or for two days, but I must be lost sight of on landing, or there would be recognition, anticipation, and failure. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His soul was filled with her burning recognition, he seemed to grow more uppish and lordly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- May's blush remained permanently vivid: it seemed to have a significance beyond that implied by the recognition of Madame Olenska's social bad faith. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Mr. Farebrother seemed to wait for a recognition of the fact; and the emotion perceptible in the tones of his fine voice gave solemnity to his words. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The novelis t's tolerance of Davy's enthusiasm soon passed into a clear recognition of his commanding genius. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The other woman rose on seeing me; and the men, though they were, as usual, sulky and silent, each gave me a morose nod of recognition. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There is frequent recognition in classical literature of a sounder cosmogony. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Observation and recognition, belief and assent, then become names for lazy acquiescence in what is externally presented. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The recognition of this truth by Sorel is one of the most impressive events in the revolutionary movement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- No answer; no sign of recognition; but a faint pink colour returned to her lips, although the rest of her face was ashen pale. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But you will not be able to see him, my poor child, and even if you could, it would be unsafe for you to make a sign of recognition. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Brush and Edward Weston laid the deep foundation of modern arc lighting in America, securing as well substantial recognition abroad. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- An other piece of commonplace knowledge--the cardinal points of the compass--may be accepted, likewise, without inquiry or without recognition of its importance. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It was easy to understand why that recognition had not been mutual. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- These recognitions were inexpressibly pleasant to her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Edited by Gertrude