RECOGNITION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body
   Usage Example(s)
   • he was unable to make his motion because he couldn”t get recognition by the chairman
   Hypernyms(s) recognition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • appointment (what does appointment mean?)
   • assignment (what does assignment mean?)
   • designation (what does designation mean?)
   • naming (what does naming mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
   Synonym(s)
   • identification (what does identification mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) recognition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • memory (what does memory mean?)
   • remembering (what does remembering mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • identity (what does identity mean?)
   • speaker identification (what does speaker identification mean?)
   • talker identification (what does talker identification mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • identify (what does identify mean?)
   • place (what does place mean?)
   • recognize (what does recognize mean?)
   • recognise (what does recognise mean?)
3. Meaning
   • coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
   Synonym(s)
   • realisation (what does realisation mean?)
   • realization (what does realization mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) recognition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • understanding (what does understanding mean?)
   • apprehension (what does apprehension mean?)
   • discernment (what does discernment mean?)
   • savvy (what does savvy mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • recognize (what does recognize mean?)
   • recognise (what does recognise mean?)
   • realize (what does realize mean?)
   • realise (what does realise mean?)
   • agnize (what does agnize mean?)
   • agnise (what does agnise mean?)
   • understand (what does understand mean?)
   • realize (what does realize mean?)
   • realise (what does realise mean?)
   • see (what does see mean?)
   • recognize (what does recognize mean?)
   • recognise (what does recognise mean?)
   • realize (what does realize mean?)
   • realise (what does realise mean?)
   • agnize (what does agnize mean?)
   • agnise (what does agnise mean?)
   • understand (what does understand mean?)
   • realize (what does realize mean?)
   • realise (what does realise mean?)
   • see (what does see mean?)
4. Meaning
   • an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
   Usage Example(s)
   • the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States
   Hypernyms(s) recognition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • credence (what does credence mean?)
   • acceptance (what does acceptance mean?)
5. Meaning
   • approval
   Synonym(s)
   • credit (what does credit mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) recognition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • approval (what does approval mean?)
   • commendation (what does commendation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • memorial (what does memorial mean?)
   • commemoration (what does commemoration mean?)
   • remembrance (what does remembrance mean?)
   • ovation (what does ovation mean?)
   • standing ovation (what does standing ovation mean?)
   • salute (what does salute mean?)
   • salutation (what does salutation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • credit (what does credit mean?)
6. Meaning
   • the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
   Usage Example(s)
   • territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala’’s recognition of Belize in 1991
   Hypernyms(s) recognition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • diplomacy (what does diplomacy mean?)
   • diplomatic negotiations (what does diplomatic negotiations mean?)
7. Meaning
   • (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
   Usage Example(s)
   • molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into lar
   Hypernyms(s) recognition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • organic phenomenon (what does organic phenomenon mean?)
8. Meaning
   • the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
   Synonym(s)
   • acknowledgement (what does acknowledgement mean?)
   • acknowledgment (what does acknowledgment mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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) recognition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • acceptance (what does acceptance mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • acknowledged (what does acknowledged mean?)
   • unacknowledged (what does unacknowledged mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • admit (what does admit mean?)
   • acknowledge (what does acknowledge mean?)
   • acknowledge (what does acknowledge mean?)
   • recognize (what does recognize mean?)
   • recognise (what does recognise mean?)
   • know (what does know mean?)