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say it: REK-uhg-nahyz
recognize is a verb meaning "accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority". It carries 9 recorded senses.
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”
be fully aware or cognizant of
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”
express greetings upon meeting someone
express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for
“We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us”
exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for recognize come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.