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Meaning of recognition


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  recognition
      n 1: 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" [syn:
           {recognition}, {acknowledgment}, {acknowledgement}]
      2: 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" [syn:
         {recognition}, {identification}]
      3: approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given
         credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying" [syn:
         {recognition}, {credit}]
      4: 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" [syn: {realization}, {realisation}, {recognition}]
      5: (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"
      6: 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"
      7: 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"
      8: 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"


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