recognition

CEFRB2

/ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of knowing someone or something that you have seen before.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Acceptance as valid or true.

Examples

  • He glanced briefly towards her but there was no sign of recognition.

  • She gave me a smile of recognition.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.

  2. The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).

  3. Honour, favourable note, or attention.

More examples

In context

  • The body had burned beyond recognition.

  • He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.

  • The law was a recognition of their civil rights.

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English recognicion, from Middle French recognicion, recognition and its etymon Latin recognitiōnem (accusative of recognitiō), from recognitus, past participle of recognōscere.