DICTOMETER

RECOGNITION

1. Synonyms:
   • Recognition
   • Acknowledgment
   • Acknowledgement
   Definitions:
   • the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
   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
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Recognition
   • Identification
   Definitions:
   • the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
   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
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Recognition
   • Credit
   Definitions:
   • approval
   Examples:
   • Give her recognition for trying
   • He was given credit for his work
   • Give her credit for trying
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Realization
   • Realisation
   • Recognition
   Definitions:
   • coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
   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
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Recognition
   Definitions:
   • (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Recognition
   Definitions:
   • the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
   Examples:
   • Territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Recognition
   Definitions:
   • an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
   Examples:
   • The recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Recognition
   Definitions:
   • designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body
   Examples:
   • He was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman