Recognize
['rekəɡnaɪz] or ['rɛkɚɡnaɪz]
Definition
(verb.) perceive to be the same.
(verb.) be fully aware or cognizant of.
(verb.) show approval or appreciation of; 'My work is not recognized by anybody!'; 'The best student was recognized by the Dean'.
(verb.) exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate).
Checker: Rene--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.
(v. t.) To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul.
(v. t.) To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like.
(v. t.) To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.
(v. t.) To review; to reexamine.
(v. t.) To reconnoiter.
(v. i.) To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars.
Typist: Ronald
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Know again, remember as formerly known, notice as already known.[2]. Acknowledge, admit, own, avow, confess, confess knowledge of.
Edited by Estelle
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Identify, acknowledge, concede, know_again, avow, own, allow
ANT:Ignore, overlook, misobserve, repudiate, disavow, disown, disallow, Recoil,[See REBOUND]
Typed by Dewey
Examples
- Maurice, do you recognize that voice? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I never admired the character of the first Napoleon; but I recognize his great genius. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I said to him but when he looked at me he did not recognize me and he only shook his head and said, 'No. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- No wonder that the lover of the princely Idris should fail to recognize himself in the miserable object there pourtrayed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Her face was set and emotionless and I knew that she did not recognize me, nor did Sola. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- With sunken cheek and hollow eyes, pale and gaunt, how could I recognize the beloved of Perdita? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In his method of discovery he determined to accept nothing as true that he did not clearly recognize to be so. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And don't blame me, growled the convict I had recognized. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Social responsibility for the use of time and personal capacity is more generally recognized than it used to be. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In the mechanical arts, the sciences become methods of managing things so as to utilize their energies for recognized aims. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- They have bee n recognized as fundamental from antiquity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- These pictures are so perfect in detail that, when photographed and enlarged, objects no greater than a blade of grass may be distinctly recognized. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- When they were come to their houses, they recognized them, albeit they seemed old and mean; and they rejoiced, and were glad. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was a recognized principle of the Society freely to admit men of different religions, countries, professions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This innate modesty, however, does not prevent Edison from recognizing and classifying his own methods of investigation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I made a foolish pretence of not at first recognizing it, and then told her. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But he who has the courage of existence will put it triumphantly, crying yea as Nietzsche did, and recognizing that all the passions of men are the motive powers of a fine life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- She smiled, recognizing the heroism of the offer to the point of being frankly touched by it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- After that event Bode suggested that it was possible other astronomers had observed Uranus before, without recognizing it as a planet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- As she passed to the window, after tacitly but gracefully recognizing me, I could call her nothing in my own mind save 'stainless virgin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She stared at us with defiant eyes, and then, suddenly recognizing me, an expression of absolute astonishment came over her face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Occasionally he recognizes the wilful character of politics: then he shakes his head, climbs into an ivory tower and deplores the moonshine, the religious manias and the passions of the mob. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In that way, he also no longer just gives way to hunger without knowing it, but he notes, or recognizes, or identifies his own state. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- For he takes one thing as evidence of something else, and so recognizes a relationship. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Every body knows the picture of the Coliseum; every body recognizes at once that looped and windowed band-box with a side bitten out. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But if the wheel is rotated rapidly, the ear ceases to hear the various taps and recognizes a deep continuous musical tone. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Consequently, there was indicated a philosophy which recognizes the origin, place, and function of mind in an activity which controls the environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The blood has not flushed into his face so suddenly and redly for many a long year as when he recognizes Lady Dedlock. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Checker: Roland