Recognition Meaning
/ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).
nounAcceptance as valid or true.
Sentence Examples
The body had burned beyond recognition.
She gave me a smile of recognition.
He glanced briefly towards her but there was no sign of recognition.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The scientist won a Nobel Prize, which was a great ____ of her work.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scientist received international ____ for her groundbreaking work on gene editing.
Word Origin & History
Inherited from Middle English recognicion, from Middle French recognicion, recognition and its etymon Latin recognitiōnem (accusative of recognitiō), from recognitus, past participle of recognōscere.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted."
— 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, “A Stranger from South Carolina”, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC, page 8:
"The freight market has changed beyond all recognition from when RAIL was first published. Coal, the then-dominant traffic, has all but disappeared. Instead, maritime intermodal flows have shown steady growth."
— 2024 January 10, 'Industry Insider', “Success built on liberalisation and market freedom”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 69:
"With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]"
— 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The scientist won a Nobel Prize, which was a great ____ of her work.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scientist received international ____ for her groundbreaking work on gene editing.