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recognition |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recognition \Rec`og*ni"tion\, 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. The lives of such saints had at the time of their yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of God. --Hooker. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: recognition n 1: the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged [syn: {acknowledgment}, {acknowledgement}] 2: the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering [syn: {identification}] 3: approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "it is to her credit that she tried"; "the credits were given at the end of the film" [syn: {credit}] 4: coming to understand something by thinking about it "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden consciousness of the problem he faced" [syn: {realization}, {realisation}] 5: the act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger candidate" [syn: {preferment}]
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