recognition

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.

2. 2noun

   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"

3. 3noun

   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"

   Synonyms

   identification
4. 4noun

   coming to understand something clearly and distinctly

   "a growing realization of the risk involved"

   "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"

   Synonyms

   realisationrealization
5. 5noun

   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"

6. 6noun

   approval

   "give her recognition for trying"

   "he was given credit for his work"

   Synonyms

   credit
7. 7noun

   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"

8. 8noun

   (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"

9. 9noun

   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"

   Synonyms

   acknowledgementacknowledgment