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Synonyms for recognise
ˈrɛk əgˌnaɪzrecog·nise
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Princeton's WordNet
recognize, recogniseverb
show approval or appreciation of
"My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean"
Synonyms:
know, realize, tell apart, agnize, spot, realise, acknowledge, distinguish, recognize, accredit, pick out, greet, agnise, discern, make outaccredit, recognize, recogniseverb
grant credentials to
"The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree"
Synonyms:
tell apart, realize, realise, recognize, know, credit, agnise, pick out, agnize, greet, distinguish, make out, discern, spot, accredit, acknowledgespot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apartverb
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"
Synonyms:
discern, bang, have it away, screw, acknowledge, deal, grapple, get along, choose, distinguish, greet, make love, discover, do, jazz, key, love, roll in the hay, separate, cut, neck, be intimate, signalize, accredit, name, pick out, eff, bonk, make do, spot, bed, do it, mark, have intercourse, realize, make out, manage, have sex, tell apart, select, secern, take, fill out, fill in, have a go at it, key out, tell, agnise, describe, secernate, sleep with, agnize, blemish, identify, contend, issue, fleck, hump, get laid, severalize, descry, have it off, sleep together, get by, signalise, write out, spy, cope, recognize, severalise, know, come, get it on, differentiate, complete, blot, fare, lie with, espy, realise, blobgreet, recognize, recogniseverb
express greetings upon meeting someone
Synonyms:
know, realize, tell apart, agnize, spot, realise, acknowledge, distinguish, accredit, pick out, greet, recognize, discern, make out, agniseacknowledge, recognize, recogniseverb
express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for
"We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us"
Synonyms:
tell apart, admit, notice, realize, realise, recognize, know, agnise, pick out, agnize, receipt, greet, distinguish, make out, discern, spot, accredit, acknowledgerecognize, recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agniseverb
be fully aware or cognizant of
Synonyms:
greet, actualize, see, actualise, realize, realise, gain, recognize, earn, know, clear, agnise, pick out, take in, pull in, bring in, agnize, substantiate, understand, distinguish, tell apart, make out, discern, spot, accredit, make, acknowledgerecognize, recogniseverb
perceive to be the same
Synonyms:
know, realize, tell apart, agnize, spot, realise, acknowledge, distinguish, recognize, accredit, pick out, greet, agnise, discern, make outacknowledge, recognize, recognise, knowverb
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"
Synonyms:
tell apart, distinguish, have intercourse, experience, have a go at it, have sex, spot, bed, cognise, know, get laid, make love, bonk, agnise, acknowledge, greet, love, agnize, admit, pick out, eff, live, sleep together, notice, realise, do it, accredit, lie with, make out, discern, be intimate, recognize, jazz, sleep with, hump, receipt, screw, have it off, have it away, get it on, cognize, bang, realize, roll in the hay
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "recognise":
acknowledge, recognize, admit, realise, recognised, recognition, recognising, confess, recognizing, accept, recognized, concede, understand, appreciate, acknowledged
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#370 | love | |
#437 | credit | |
#453 | select | |
#461 | live | |
#504 | come | |
#522 | complete | |
#566 | experience | |
#569 | key | |
#604 | issue | |
#689 | notice | |
#723 | tell | |
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#892 | choose | |
#907 | clear | |
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#1324 | cut | |
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#13033 | eff | |
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#18387 | confess | |
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#24566 | blot | |
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#29554 | hump | |
#31636 | concede | |
#38502 | grapple | |
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#41736 | fleck | |
#43554 | blemish | |
#66222 | bonk | |
#82079 | espy | |
#89015 | accredit | |
#118551 | actualize | |
#274347 | descry | |
#316009 | cognize |
How to use recognise in a sentence?
The Indonesian armed forces should recognise that harmful and humiliating 'virginity tests' on women recruits do nothing to strengthen national security, president Joko Widodo should set the military straight and immediately abolish the requirement and prevent all military hospitals from administering it.
Earnings in Japan haven't been that bad, against very conservative guidance, which in retrospect was appropriate, i'm surprised there's been a failure to recognise more of the positives.
We recognise that Japan has many investments employing hundreds of thousands of people in the U.K. We want strong cooperation to continue.
Everything is completely destroyed. You don’t recognise the scenery.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda:
It is very complicated to communicate with the regime whose legitimacy we do not recognise, and which is sending the migrants not by mistake or negligence, but on purpose -- as a political tool.
Translations for recognise
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- erken, herkenAfrikaans
- تعرفArabic
- poznat, uznatCzech
- wiedererkennen, erkennenGerman
- αναγνωρίζωGreek
- reconocerSpanish
- tunnustaa, tuntea, tunnistaa, oivaltaaFinnish
- reconnaîtreFrench
- aithinIrish
- पहचाननाHindi
- elismer, felismer, megismerHungarian
- riconoscereItalian
- 表彰, 認識する, 認めるJapanese
- 알아보다Korean
- āhukahukaMāori
- erkennen, herkennen, onderkennenDutch
- reconhecerPortuguese
- recunoașteRomanian
- узнавать, узнать, постигать, постичь, опознавать, осознать, признать, признавать, опознать, осознаватьRussian
- känna igen, erkännaSwedish
- அடையாளம் கண்டு கொள்Tamil
- bonga, vuma, bonaZulu
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