recognize

verb

/ˈɹɛk.əɡ.naɪz/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French reconoistre, from Old French reconoistre, from Latin recognoscere, first attested in the 16th century. Displaced native English acknow (“to recognize, perceive as”), compare German erkennen and Swedish erkänna. Latin had rare recognizare (“to try by jury”).

derived from recognoscere
derived from reconoistre
borrowed from reconoistre

Definitions

1
To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some…
To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
- I recognized his face immediately, although his voice was different.
- Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.
2
To acknowledge the existence or legality of
To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.
- The US and a number of EU countries are expected to recognize Kosovo on Monday.
3
To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or…
To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property).
- Slavery is widely recognized as immoral.
- I recognize that my behaviour has been unacceptable.
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1. 4
  To realize or discover the nature of something
  To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in.
  - In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
2. 5
  To show formal appreciation of, as with an award, commendation etc.
  - His services were recognized in a testimonial.
  - The soldier was recognized in dispatches.
3. 6
  To review
  To review; to examine again.
  - We do moste humbly submytte it [this treatise] to[…]your maiestie, to be recognised, ouersene, and corrected.
4. 7
  To reconnoiter.
  - before the siege was layd to the Towne, of minde to recognize, he fell unawares amongst an Ambushcade
5. To have the property to bind to specific antigens.
6. to cognize again

The neighborhood

neighboracknowledge
neighborrecognition
neighborreconnaissance

Derived

allorecognize, derecognize, immunorecognize, misrecognize, recognin, recognizability, recognizable, recognizably, recognizance, recognizant, recognization, recognizee, recognizer, recognizingly, recognizor, underrecognize, unrecognizable, unrecognize

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at recognize. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at recognize. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at recognize

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA