what does acknowledgment mean?
ACKNOWLEDGMENT as NOUN
- Meaning
- a statement acknowledging something or someone
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- she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment
- the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her
Hypernyms(s) acknowledgment is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
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- the student’’s essay failed to list several important citations
- the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
- the article includes mention of similar clinical
Hypernyms(s) acknowledgment is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
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- 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
Hypernyms(s) acknowledgment is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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