recognize

Meaning

To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.
To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property).
To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in.
To show formal appreciation of, as with an award, commendation etc.
(obsolete) To review; to examine again.
(obsolete) To reconnoiter.
To have the property to bind to specific antigens.

recognize

recognise

know

acknowledge

admit

distinguish

realize

identify

understand

remember

perceive

see

discern

avow

concede

tell apart

recall

spot

appreciate

notice

realise

greet

accredit

agree

confess

own

be acquainted with

discriminate

make out

feel

recognition

allow

recollect

consent

respect

behold

agnise

agnize

pick out

become aware

comprehend

experience

see clearly

identification

receive

approve

sanction

catch

account

believe

deem

cede

grant

tell one thing from another

differentiate

become aware of

pay attention to

be aware of

come across

learn

ascertain

embrace

visualize

view

apperceive

empower

tell

detect

be aware

be conscious of

call to mind

hear

opine

smell

taste

examine

acquaint

wit

binding over

enter into recognizance

recognizance

resolution

resolve

authenticate

authentication

charm

have knowledge

have knowledge of

become familiar

familiar

adopt

applaud

approbate

clear

endorse

honor

indorse

pass

rule in

sustain

take

take up

undertake

catch on

comprise

cover

fathom

grasp

involve

span

foresee

lay eyes on

spy

view as

do the honors

hail

present

salute

key

place

fink

profess

look at

read

determine

find out

mark

compare

judge

measure

honour

pay

be familiar with

admission

gratitude

reconnaissance

authorize

acknowledgement

known

hide

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛk.əɡ.naɪz/

Borrowed from Middle French reconoistre, from Old French reconoistre, from Latin recognoscere, first attested in the 16th century. Displaced native English acknow (“to recognize, perceive as”), compare German erkennen and Swedish erkänna. Latin had rare recognizare (“to try by jury”).