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Defenition of the word recognition

    • Defenition of the word recognition

      • The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized.
      • Approval.
      • the act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger candidate"
      • coming to understand something by thinking about it; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"
      • the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
      • approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "it is to her credit that she tried"; "the credits were given at the end of the film"
      • the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
      • designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body; "he was unable to make his motion because he couldn''t get recognition by the chairman"
      • the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering; "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 t
      • coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "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"
      • an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid; "the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States"
      • approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"; "the credits were given at the end of the film"
      • the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country; "territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala''s recognition of Belize in 1991"
      • (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape; "molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into lar
      • the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; "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"
      • designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body
      • coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
      • an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
      • approval
      • the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
      • (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape

    Synonyms for the word recognition

      • acknowledgement
      • acknowledgment
      • appreciation
      • credit
      • detection
      • gratitude
      • identification
      • preferment
      • realisation
      • realization
      • recall
      • recollection
      • remembering
      • respect
      • thanks

    Similar words in the recognition

      • recognition
      • recognition's

    Hyponyms for the word recognition

      • commemoration
      • identity
      • memorial
      • ovation
      • remembrance
      • salutation
      • salute
      • speaker identification
      • standing ovation
      • talker identification

    Hypernyms for the word recognition

      • acceptance
      • appointment
      • apprehension
      • approval
      • assignment
      • commendation
      • credence
      • designation
      • diplomacy
      • diplomatic negotiations
      • discernment
      • memory
      • naming
      • organic phenomenon
      • promotion
      • remembering
      • savvy
      • understanding

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