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Recognition

Recognition Meaning & Definition
Recognition Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Recognition?

[n] the act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger candidate"
[n] the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
[n] coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"
[n] approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "it is to her credit that she tried"; "the credits were given at the end of the film"
[n] the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

Synonyms | Synonyms for Recognition: acknowledgement | acknowledgment | credit | identification | preferment | realisation | realization

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See Also | acceptance | apprehension | approval | commemoration | commendation | discernment | identity | memorial | memory | ovation | promotion | remembering | remembrance | salutation | salute | savvy | speaker identification | standing ovation | talker identification | understanding

Recognition In Webster's Dictionary

\Rec`og*ni"tion\, n. [L. recognitio: cf. F. recognition. See {Recognizance}.] The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice. The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of God. --Hooker.

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