Dictionary entry details
• RECOGNITION (noun)
Meaning:
The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition
Context examples:
the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work / she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own
Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):
acceptance (the state of being acceptable and accepted)
Attribute:
acknowledged (recognized or made known or admitted)
unacknowledged (not recognized or admitted)
Meaning:
The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
recognition; identification
Context examples:
a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces / experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer
Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):
memory; remembering (the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recognition"):
identity (the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known)
speaker identification; talker identification (identification of a person from the sound of their voice)
Meaning:
Approval
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
credit; recognition
Context examples:
give her recognition for trying / he was given credit for his work / give her credit for trying / the credits were given at the end of the film
Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):
approval; commendation (a message expressing a favorable opinion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recognition"):
commemoration; memorial; remembrance (a recognition of meritorious service)
ovation; standing ovation (enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause))
salutation; salute (an act of honor or courteous recognition)
Meaning:
Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
realization; realisation; recognition
Context examples:
a growing realization of the risk involved / a sudden recognition of the problem he faced / increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases
Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):
apprehension; discernment; savvy; understanding (the cognitive condition of someone who understands)
Meaning:
(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Context example:
molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities
Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):
organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Meaning:
The explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991
Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):
diplomacy; diplomatic negotiations (negotiation between nations)
Meaning:
An acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States
Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):
acceptance; credence (the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true)
Meaning:
Designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman
Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):
appointment; assignment; designation; naming (the act of putting a person into a non-elective position)
