recognition.
The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).
Meaning & usage
The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).
He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.
Acceptance as valid or true.
The law was a recognition of their civil rights.
Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.
Honour, favourable note, or attention.
The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.
The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.
A return of the feu to the superior.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English recognicion, from Middle French recognicion, recognition and its etymon Latin recognitiōnem (accusative of recognitiō), from recognitus, past participle of recognōscere.
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