Recognize

Verb

 * 1)  To match something or someone which one currently perceives to a memory of some previous encounter with the same entity.
 * 2) *1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
 * He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days, and he felt a genuine thrill of pleasure when he recognized the red bandana turban of old Aunt Lyddy, the ancient negro woman who had sold him gingerbread and fried fish, and told him weird tales of witchcraft and conjuration, in the old days when, as an idle boy, he had loafed about the market-house.
 * 1)  To acknowledge the existence or legality of something.; treat as worthy of consideration or valid.
 * The US and a number of EU countries are expected to recognize Kosovo on Monday.
 * 1)  To acknowledge or consider as something.
 * 2)  To realise or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in; realise or admit that.
 * 3)  To give an award.

Derived terms

 * recognizability
 * recognizable
 * recognizably
 * recognizance
 * recognizant
 * recognization
 * recognizee
 * recognizer
 * recognizor

Related terms

 * recognition

Verb
recognize


 * 1) To cognize again.

Adverbs for Recognize
distinctly; instinctively; definitely; universally; formally; frankly; deservedly; coldly; courteously; mutually; affectionately; tacitly; formally; publicly; prematurely.

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

Alternative forms

 * re-cognize
 * recognise in Commonwealth English

Etymology 1
From recognoscere

Etymology 2
From re- + cognize

Verb

 * Arabic: تعرف
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 認出, 认出, 認識, 认识
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 * Hindi: पहचानना
 * Hungarian:, megismer
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 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 알아보다
 * Polish: rozpoznać,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:,  ; опознавать ,
 * Spanish:
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 * Urdu: پہچانا


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 承認, 承认
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: ,


 * Polish: uznać
 * Portuguese:
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 * Russian: признавать ,
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 * Hungarian:
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 * Romanian:
 * Russian: признавать ,


 * Dutch:
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 * Romanian:
 * Russian: осознавать, осознать ; постигать , постичь
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 * Japanese: ;


 * : herkennen, onderkennen
 * : rekoni
 * : dzesi
 * : reconnaître
 * : anerkennen
 * : reconocer
 * : గుర్తించు (gurtimchu) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)