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See also:re-cognize

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchreconoistre, fromOld Frenchreconoistre, fromLatinrecognoscere, first attested in the 16th century. Displaced nativeEnglishacknow(“to recognize, perceive as”), compareGermanerkennen andSwedisherkänna. Latin had rarerecognizare(“to try by jury”).

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recognize (third-person singular simple presentrecognizes,present participlerecognizing,simple past and past participlerecognized)(American spelling, OxfordBritish English)

  1. (transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
    Synonym:place
    Irecognized his face immediately, although his voice was different.
    • 1900,Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, inThe House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.:Houghton, Mifflin and Company […],→OCLC:
      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 herecognized 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.
    • 1973,John Berger, chapter 1, inWays of Seeing,Penguin Books,→ISBN,→OCLC:
      Seeing comes before words. The child looks andrecognizes before it can speak.
  2. (transitive) Toacknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.
    The US and a number of EU countries are expected torecognize Kosovo on Monday.
  3. (transitive, or with clause) To acknowledge orconsider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property).
    Slavery is widelyrecognized as immoral.
    Irecognize that my behaviour has been unacceptable.
    • 2021 January 9, Kylie Atwood, quotingMike Pompeo, “US lifts self-imposed restrictions with Taiwan”, inCNN‎[1], archived fromthe original on25 January 2021:
      “The United States government maintains relationships with unofficial partners around the world, and Taiwan is no exception. Our two democracies share common values of individual freedom, the rule of law, and a respect for human dignity. Today’s statementrecognizes that the US-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy,” Pompeo wrote.
  4. (transitive) To realize or discover the nature of something;apprehend quality in.
  5. (transitive) To show formal appreciation of, as with an award, commendation etc.
    His services wererecognized in a testimonial.
    The soldier wasrecognized in dispatches.
  6. (obsolete) Toreview; to examine again.
    • 1534,Thomas Cranmer,The Institution of a Christian Man:
      We do moste humbly submytte it [this treatise] to[…]your maiestie, to berecognised, ouersene, and corrected.
  7. (obsolete) Toreconnoiter.
    • 1637,Robert Monro,Monro, His Expedition With the Worthy Scots Regiment Called Mac-Keys:
      before the siege was layd to the Towne, of minde torecognize, he fell unawares amongst an Ambushcade
  8. (immunology) To have the property to bind to specific antigens.
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to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
to acknowledge the existence or legality of
to acknowledge as something
to realize or discover the nature of something
to give an award
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Etymology 2

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Fromre- +‎cognize.

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recognize (third-person singular simple presentrecognizes,present participlerecognizing,simple past and past participlerecognized)(North American and Oxford British spelling)

  1. tocognize again
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