Recognize
11recognize — (also recognise) ► VERB 1) identify as already known; know again. 2) acknowledge the existence, validity, or legality of. 3) show official appreciation of. DERIVATIVES recognizable adjective. ORIGIN Latin recognoscere, from cognoscere to lea …
12recognize — (BrE also ise) verb 1 know sb/sth again ADVERB ▪ immediately, instantly ▪ I immediately recognized the building. ▪ correctly, well ▪ …
13recognize — [[t]re̱kəgnaɪz[/t]] ♦♦ recognizes, recognizing, recognized (in BRIT, also use recognise) 1) VERB: no cont If you recognize someone or something, you know who that person is or what that thing is. [V n] The receptionist recognized him at once...… …
14recognize — 01. Wow, I didn t [recognize] you with your new haircut. 02. I barely [recognized] my friend after she returned from a 3 year trip around the world. 03. Alexander Smith once said that love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the… …
15recognize */*/*/ — UK [ˈrekəɡnaɪz] / US [ˈrekəɡˌnaɪz] verb [transitive, not usually progressive] Word forms recognize : present tense I/you/we/they recognize he/she/it recognizes present participle recognizing past tense recognized past participle recognized 1) to… …
16recognize — rec|og|nize [ rekəg,naız ] verb transitive not usually progressive *** 1. ) to know who the person is, or what the thing is that you are seeing, hearing, etc. because you have seen, heard, etc. them before: I hardly recognized you with a beard! I …
17recognize — rec|og|nize W1S1 also recognise BrE [ˈrekəgnaız, ˈrekən ] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: reconoistre, from Latin recognoscere, from cognoscere to know ] 1.) [not in progressive] to know who someone is or what something is, because… …
18recognize — also ise BrE, verb 1 (transitive not in progressive) to know who someone is or what something is, because you have seen, heard, experienced, or learned about them in the past: She was humming a tune I didn t recognize. | Saleha came home so thin… …
19recognize — recognizable /rek euhg nuy zeuh beuhl, rek euhg nuy /, adj. recognizability, n. recognizably, adv. recognizer, n. /rek euhg nuyz /, v.t., recognized, recognizing. 1. to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed …
20recognize — v. 1) to recognize generally, universally; officially; widely 2) (D; tr.) to recognize as (she is universally recognized as an authority on the subject) 3) (L) we recognized that the situation was hopeless * * * [ rekəgnaɪz] officially… …
