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Synonyms for recognise
ˈrɛk əgˌnaɪzrecog·nise
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Princeton's WordNet
recognize, recogniseverb
show approval or appreciation of
"My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean"
Synonyms:
know, realize, tell apart, agnize, spot, realise, acknowledge, distinguish, recognize, accredit, pick out, greet, agnise, discern, make outaccredit, recognize, recogniseverb
grant credentials to
"The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree"
Synonyms:
tell apart, realize, realise, recognize, know, credit, agnise, pick out, agnize, greet, distinguish, make out, discern, spot, accredit, acknowledgespot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apartverb
detect with the senses
"The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
Synonyms:
discern, bang, have it away, screw, acknowledge, deal, grapple, get along, choose, distinguish, greet, make love, discover, do, jazz, key, love, roll in the hay, separate, cut, neck, be intimate, signalize, accredit, name, pick out, eff, bonk, make do, spot, bed, do it, mark, have intercourse, realize, make out, manage, have sex, tell apart, select, secern, take, fill out, fill in, have a go at it, key out, tell, agnise, describe, secernate, sleep with, agnize, blemish, identify, contend, issue, fleck, hump, get laid, severalize, descry, have it off, sleep together, get by, signalise, write out, spy, cope, recognize, severalise, know, come, get it on, differentiate, complete, blot, fare, lie with, espy, realise, blobgreet, recognize, recogniseverb
express greetings upon meeting someone
Synonyms:
know, realize, tell apart, agnize, spot, realise, acknowledge, distinguish, accredit, pick out, greet, recognize, discern, make out, agniseacknowledge, recognize, recogniseverb
express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for
"We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us"
Synonyms:
tell apart, admit, notice, realize, realise, recognize, know, agnise, pick out, agnize, receipt, greet, distinguish, make out, discern, spot, accredit, acknowledgerecognize, recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agniseverb
be fully aware or cognizant of
Synonyms:
greet, actualize, see, actualise, realize, realise, gain, recognize, earn, know, clear, agnise, pick out, take in, pull in, bring in, agnize, substantiate, understand, distinguish, tell apart, make out, discern, spot, accredit, make, acknowledgerecognize, recogniseverb
perceive to be the same
Synonyms:
know, realize, tell apart, agnize, spot, realise, acknowledge, distinguish, recognize, accredit, pick out, greet, agnise, discern, make outacknowledge, recognize, recognise, knowverb
accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
"The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"
Synonyms:
tell apart, distinguish, have intercourse, experience, have a go at it, have sex, spot, bed, cognise, know, get laid, make love, bonk, agnise, acknowledge, greet, love, agnize, admit, pick out, eff, live, sleep together, notice, realise, do it, accredit, lie with, make out, discern, be intimate, recognize, jazz, sleep with, hump, receipt, screw, have it off, have it away, get it on, cognize, bang, realize, roll in the hay
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "recognise":
acknowledge, recognize, admit, realise, recognised, recognition, recognising, confess, recognizing, accept, recognized, concede, understand, appreciate, acknowledged
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#64 | see | |
#108 | name | |
#132 | make | |
#201 | know | |
#246 | take | |
#370 | love | |
#437 | credit | |
#453 | select | |
#461 | live | |
#504 | come | |
#522 | complete | |
#566 | experience | |
#569 | key | |
#604 | issue | |
#689 | notice | |
#723 | tell | |
#834 | mark | |
#892 | choose | |
#907 | clear | |
#1260 | bed | |
#1274 | deal | |
#1312 | understand | |
#1324 | cut | |
#1893 | accept | |
#2217 | manage | |
#2228 | separate | |
#2244 | identify | |
#2491 | gain | |
#2652 | jazz | |
#2915 | spot | |
#2995 | discover | |
#3114 | describe | |
#3426 | recognition | |
#3644 | earn | |
#3680 | spy | |
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#4051 | bang | |
#4094 | neck | |
#4688 | receipt | |
#4730 | recognize | |
#4781 | realize | |
#4831 | appreciate | |
#6821 | admit | |
#7195 | screw | |
#8397 | acknowledge | |
#8649 | recognised | |
#8942 | acknowledged | |
#8972 | fare | |
#9848 | cope | |
#10269 | distinguish | |
#11837 | recognizing | |
#12168 | recognise | |
#12748 | realise | |
#13033 | eff | |
#17787 | differentiate | |
#18387 | confess | |
#18781 | greet | |
#20325 | contend | |
#24566 | blot | |
#25503 | blob | |
#26394 | recognising | |
#26968 | discern | |
#29554 | hump | |
#31636 | concede | |
#38502 | grapple | |
#39584 | substantiate | |
#41736 | fleck | |
#43554 | blemish | |
#66222 | bonk | |
#82079 | espy | |
#89015 | accredit | |
#118551 | actualize | |
#274347 | descry | |
#316009 | cognize |
How to use recognise in a sentence?
We're very good at socializing in Ireland, we have to recognise that our socializing is culturally specific, and different between countries... In Spain and Portugal you eat outside at 10 o'clock at night -- in Ireland, we squash into crowded restaurants.
We’ve been through a very dark time and much of the public recognise that news organisations have often been the ones shining light in that darkness, there has been a greater appreciation of trustworthy news overall.
Niccollo Machavelli, The Prince.:
So as a prince is forced to know how to act like a beast, he must learn from the fox and the lion; becouse the lion is defenceless against traps and the fox is defenceless against wolves. Therefore one must be a fox in order to recognise traps and lion to frighten off wolves.
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur:
We recognise the critical importance of infrastructure in driving economic growth but we are confronted with the constraints on public resources that require that we curtail public spending therefore it is necessary to turn to the private sector.
People Donnot Recognise Someone Importance Until His Death.
Translations for recognise
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- erken, herkenAfrikaans
- تعرفArabic
- poznat, uznatCzech
- wiedererkennen, erkennenGerman
- αναγνωρίζωGreek
- reconocerSpanish
- tunnustaa, tuntea, tunnistaa, oivaltaaFinnish
- reconnaîtreFrench
- aithinIrish
- पहचाननाHindi
- elismer, felismer, megismerHungarian
- riconoscereItalian
- 表彰, 認識する, 認めるJapanese
- 알아보다Korean
- āhukahukaMāori
- erkennen, herkennen, onderkennenDutch
- reconhecerPortuguese
- recunoașteRomanian
- узнавать, узнать, постигать, постичь, опознавать, осознать, признать, признавать, опознать, осознаватьRussian
- känna igen, erkännaSwedish
- அடையாளம் கண்டு கொள்Tamil
- bonga, vuma, bonaZulu
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