Recognize

  • 21recognize*/*/*/ — [ˈrekəgˌnaɪz] verb [T] 1) to know someone or something because you have seen, heard, or met them before I recognized the house from your description.[/ex] I thought I recognized the voice![/ex] 2) to accept that something is true or important We… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 22recognize —   Ho omaopopo, ike, i ike.    ♦ To recognize at sight, ho okū ike.    ♦ To recognize one another, ike aku, ike mai.    ♦ To fail to recognize, ho ohewahewa; hōla o (rare) …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 23recognize — transitive verb ( nized; nizing) Etymology: modification of Anglo French reconois , stem of reconoistre, from Latin recognoscere, from re + cognoscere to know more at cognition Date: circa 1532 1. to acknowledge formally: as a. to admit as being… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 24recognize — rec•og•nize [[t]ˈrɛk əgˌnaɪz[/t]] v. t. nized, niz•ing 1) to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc 2) to identify from knowledge of appearance or characteristics 3) to perceive or acknowledge as existing, true, or valid: to …

    From formal English to slang

  • 25recognize — verb /ˈɹɛkəɡnaɪz/ a) To match something or someone which one currently perceives to a memory of some previous encounter with the same entity. He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days,… …

    Wiktionary

  • 26recognize — [15] Latin gnōscere ‘become acquainted’ came from the same prehistoric Indo European base, *gnō , as produced English know. Combination with the prefix co ‘with’ gave cognōscere ‘know’ (source of English cognition, quaint, etc). And this in turn… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 27recognize — v To respect. Boy you better recognize me! 1990s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 28recognize — [15] Latin gnōscere ‘become acquainted’ came from the same prehistoric Indo European base, *gnō , as produced English know. Combination with the prefix co ‘with’ gave cognōscere ‘know’ (source of English cognition, quaint, etc). And this in turn… …

    Word origins

  • 29recognize as different — index distinguish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 30recognize as distinct — index discern (discriminate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary