'acknowledge' definitions:
Definition of 'acknowledge'
(from WordNet)
verb
Declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" [syn: admit, acknowledge] [ant: deny]
verb
Report the receipt of; "The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper" [syn: acknowledge, receipt]
verb
Express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with; "He never acknowledges his colleagues when they run into him in the hallway"; "She acknowledged his complement with a smile"; "it is important to acknowledge the work of others in one's own writing" [syn: notice, acknowledge]
verb
Express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for; "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us" [syn: acknowledge, recognize, recognise]
verb
Accept as legally binding and valid; "acknowledge the deed"
verb
Synonyms of 'acknowledge'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accept,
- account for,
- accredit with,
- accrete to,
- admit,
- admit everything,
- affirm,
- agree,
- agree provisionally,
- allege,
- allow,
- announce,
- answer,
- answer back,
- apply to,
- ascribe to,
- assent grudgingly,
- asseverate,
- assign to,
- attach to,
- attest,
- attribute to,
- aver,
- avouch,
- avow,
- bear the expense,
- bear witness,
- blame,
- blame for,
- blame on,
- bless,
- bring home to,
- certify,
- charge on,
- charge to,
- chip in,
- come back,
- come back at,
- come clean,
- concede,
- confess,
- connect with,
- consider,
- cop a plea,
- credit,
- credit with,
- declare,
- deem,
- defray,
- defray expenses,
- depone,
- depose,
- disclose,
- divulge,
- echo,
- express general agreement,
- fasten upon,
- father upon,
- finance,
- fix on,
- fix upon,
- flash back,
- foot the bill,
- fund,
- give acknowledgment,
- give answer,
- give credit,
- give evidence,
- give thanks,
- go along with,
- go Dutch,
- grant,
- hang on,
- hold,
- honor a bill,
- impute to,
- lay to,
- let on,
- make acknowledgments of,
- not oppose,
- offer thanks,
- open up,
- out with it,
- own,
- own up,
- pay for,
- pay the bill,
- pay the piper,
- pin on,
- pinpoint,
- place upon,
- plead guilty,
- point to,
- proclaim,
- publish,
- react,
- receive,
- recognize,
- redeem,
- reecho,
- refer to,
- rejoin,
- render credit,
- render thanks,
- reply,
- respond,
- retort,
- return,
- return answer,
- return for answer,
- return thanks,
- reveal,
- reverberate,
- riposte,
- saddle on,
- saddle with,
- say,
- say in reply,
- set down to,
- settle upon,
- shoot back,
- spill,
- spill it,
- spit it out,
- stand the costs,
- swear,
- talk back,
- tell,
- tell all,
- tell the truth,
- testify,
- thank,
- view,
- vouch,
- warrant,
- witness,
- yield