recognitionnoun
uk/ˌrek.əɡˈnɪʃ.ən/us/ˌrek.əɡˈnɪʃ.ən/recognition noun (ACCEPTING)
C2 [ S or U ] agreement that something is true or legal:
It's a new country, hoping for diplomatic recognition from the international community.
[ + that ] There's a growing recognition that this country can no longer afford to be a nuclear power.
C2 [ S or U ] If you are given recognition, people show admiration and respect for your achievements:
Ella complained that the company never gave her any recognition for her work.
He was presented with a gold watch in recognition of (= to show respect for) his years as club secretary.
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- She gave me a faint smile of recognition.
- Her body had been mutilated beyond recognition.
- Chen gave her a nod of recognition across the crowded room.
- The area had changed beyond recognition.
- There was a moment of recognition when the two men met each other.
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Accepting & agreeing
- accept
- accredited
- assent
- be ruled by sb idiom
- buy-in
- conclude
- countenance
- court
- embrace
- gauntlet
- leap
- listen to reason idiom
- middle ground
- mustn't grumble idiom
- pounce
- reach
- signatory
- swallow
- take sb up on sth
- unquestioning
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Showing respect and admiration
recognition noun (KNOWING)
C2 [ U ] the fact of knowing someone or something because you have seen or heard him or her or experienced it before:
When he returned to his home town after the war, he found it had changed out of all/beyond all recognition (= it had changed so much that he no longer recognized it).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Learning & knowing
- assimilate
- autodidact
- blended learning
- bone up
- brain training
- by-heart
- deskill
- feel
- gen up
- hear tell (of) idiom
- know better (than sb) idiom
- knowable
- mug
- mug (sth) up
- pick sth up
- quick
- reskill
- revision
- specialize
- tell
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