recognition
(noun) 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”
recognition, identification
(noun) 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”
realization, realisation, recognition
(noun) coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; “a growing realization of the risk involved”; “a sudden recognition of the problem he faced”; “increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases”
recognition
(noun) 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”
recognition, credit
(noun) approval; “give her recognition for trying”; “he was given credit for his work”; “give her credit for trying”
recognition
(noun) 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”
recognition
(noun) (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”
recognition, acknowledgment, acknowledgement
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
recognition (usually uncountable, plural recognitions)
the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity)
acceptance as valid or true
official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country
honour, favourable note, or attention
(immunology) The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.
(Scotland, legal, historical) A return of the feu to the superior.
Source: Wiktionary
Rec`og*ni"tion, n. Etym: [L. recognitio: cf. F. recognition. See Recognizance.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
