'Recognize' definitions:
Definition of 'recognize'
From: WordNet
verb
Accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" [syn: acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know]
verb
verb
Detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" [syn: spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart]
verb
Perceive to be the same [syn: recognize, recognise]
verb
Grant credentials to; "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree" [syn: accredit, recognize, recognise]
verb
verb
Express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for; "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us" [syn: acknowledge, recognize, recognise]
verb
Exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate)
verb
Show approval or appreciation of; "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean" [syn: recognize, recognise]
Definition of 'Recognize'
From: GCIDE
- Recognize \Rec"og*nize\ (r[e^]k"[o^]g*n[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recognized (r[e^]k"[o^]g*n[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Recognizing (r[e^]k"[o^]g*n[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [From Recognizance; see Cognition, and cf. Reconnoiter.] [Written also recognise.]
- 1. To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of. [1913 Webster]
- Speak, vassal; recognize thy sovereign queen. --Harte. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To review; to reexamine. [Obs.] --South. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To reconnoiter. [Obs.] --R. Monro. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To acknowledge; avow; confess; own; allow; concede. See Acknowledge. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Recognize'
From: GCIDE
- Recognize \Rec"og*nize\, v. i. (Law) To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars. [Written also recognise.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: In legal usage in the United States the second syllable is often accented. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'recognize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accept,
- acknowledge,
- admit,
- agree,
- agree provisionally,
- allow,
- appreciate,
- apprehend,
- approve,
- assent grudgingly,
- avow,
- be acquainted with,
- be apprised of,
- be aware of,
- be cognizant of,
- be conscious of,
- be conversant with,
- be informed,
- behold,
- bless,
- catch sight of,
- clap eyes on,
- cognize,
- comprehend,
- concede,
- conceive,
- conceptualize,
- confess,
- credit,
- descry,
- detect,
- determinate,
- diagnose,
- discern,
- discover,
- distinguish,
- do homage,
- endorse,
- espy,
- express general agreement,
- fathom,
- finger,
- give credit,
- give thanks,
- glimpse,
- go along with,
- grant,
- grasp,
- have,
- have in sight,
- have information about,
- have knowledge of,
- honor,
- identify,
- ken,
- know,
- know again,
- lay eyes on,
- look on,
- look upon,
- make acknowledgments of,
- make out,
- nail,
- not oppose,
- note,
- notice,
- observe,
- offer thanks,
- own,
- peg,
- perceive,
- pick out,
- pick up,
- pinpoint,
- place,
- possess,
- prehend,
- ratify,
- realize,
- recall,
- recall knowledge of,
- recollect,
- reidentify,
- remark,
- remember,
- render credit,
- render thanks,
- respect,
- return thanks,
- reward,
- salute,
- sanction,
- savvy,
- see,
- seize,
- sense,
- sight,
- spot,
- spy,
- take in,
- tell,
- thank,
- twig,
- understand,
- validate,
- view,
- warrant,
- witness,
- wot,
- wot of,
- yield