recognize

Meaning

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

Synonyms

recognise

know

acknowledge

admit

realize

distinguish

identify

understand

remember

perceive

see

👀

accept

🉑

discern

concede

tell apart

avow

spot

recall

appreciate

realise

greet

notice

be acquainted with

accredit

agree

own

discriminate

make out

confess

feel

recognition

agnize

see clearly

agnise

catch

sanction

behold

recollect

respect

recognise

become aware

pick out

allow

receive

consent

approve

comprehend

experience

identification

clear

Translations

reconnaître

reconocer

riconoscere

erkennen

erkennen

reconhecer

anerkennen

αναγνωρίζω

reconnaitre

wiedererkennen

croire

herkennen

ميز

reconèixer

لاحظ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛk.əɡ.naɪz/

Etymology

Cognate with English: acknow

Cognate with German: erkennen

Cognate with Swedish: erkänna

In summary

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”).

Sentences

" Learn to recognize omens , and follow them ," the old king had said .