recognition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of knowing someone or something because you have seen them before.

   He looked at her for a long time before recognition dawned.

2. 2
   noun

   Public praise or appreciation for someone's work or achievements.

   The partners were delighted with the recognition of their work.

3. 3
   noun

   The official acceptance that something is true, legal, or valid.

   The country gained international recognition as an independent state.

Inherited from Middle English recognicion, from Middle French recognicion, recognition and its etymon Latin recognitiōnem (accusative of recognitiō), from recognitus, past participle of recognōscere.

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