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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (8)

1. the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged;
- Example: "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work"
- Example: "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own"
[syn: recognition, acknowledgment, acknowledgement]

2. the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering;
- Example: "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"
- Example: "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer"
[syn: recognition, identification]

3. approval;
- Example: "give her recognition for trying"
- Example: "he was given credit for his work"
- Example: "give her credit for trying"
[syn: recognition, credit]

4. coming to understand something clearly and distinctly;
- Example: "a growing realization of the risk involved"
- Example: "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"
- Example: "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases"
[syn: realization, realisation, recognition]

5. (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape;
- Example: "molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities"

6. the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country;
- Example: "territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991"

7. an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid;
- Example: "the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States"

8. designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body;
- Example: "he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recognition \Rec`og*ni"tion\ (r[e^]k`[o^]g*n[i^]sh"[u^]n), n.
   [L. recognitio: cf. F. recognition. See Recognizance.]
   The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized;
   acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed;
   notice.
   [1913 Webster]

         The lives of such saints had, at the time of their
         yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of
         God.                                     --Hooker.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

recognition
    n 1: 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" [syn:
         recognition, acknowledgment, acknowledgement]
    2: 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 the observer" [syn:
       recognition, identification]
    3: approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given
       credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying" [syn:
       recognition, credit]
    4: 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" [syn: realization, realisation, recognition]
    5: (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 larger biologically active entities"
    6: 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"
    7: 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"
    8: 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"