recognizeverb
UK usually recognise uk/ˈrek.əɡ.naɪz/us/ˈrek.əɡ.naɪz/recognize verb (KNOW)
B1 [ T ] to know someone or something because you have seen or heard him or her or experienced it before:
I hadn't seen her for 20 years, but I recognized her immediately.
Do you recognize this song?
Doctors are trained to recognize the symptoms of different diseases.
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- He put on a large hat and glasses as a disguise and hoped no one would recognize him.
- His red hair and short stature made him easy to recognize.
- As we drew alongside the black car, I suddenly recognized my ex-boyfriend at the wheel.
- Many distant relatives, most of whom I hardly recognized, turned up for my brother's wedding.
- He'd completely changed - I didn't recognize him.
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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recognize verb (ACCEPT)
B2 [ T ] to accept that something is legal, true, or important:
The international community has refused to recognize (= officially accept the existence of) the newly independent nation state.
[ + (that) ] He sadly recognized (that) he would die childless.
You must recognize the seriousness of the problems we are facing.
C1 [ T often passive ] If a person's achievements are recognized, official approval is shown for them:
The Queen recognized his services to his country by awarding him an MBE.
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- The country has de facto independence now, and it will soon be recognized de jure by the world's governments.
- His pre-eminence in his subject is internationally recognized.
- We need to recognize that we are now living in a plural society.
- Alcoholics often have to hit rock bottom before they recognize that they have a problem.
- Steiner was recognized as an original if unorthodox thinker.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Believing
- article of faith
- ascribe sth to sb
- belief
- believe
- believe in sth
- credit
- evidently
- feel
- feel it in your bones idiom
- give sb the benefit of the doubt idiom
- gospel
- incline to/towards sth
- see sth in sb/sth
- seeing is believing idiom
- self-delusion
- stock
- swear by sth
- take sb's word for it idiom
- under
- word
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Accepting & agreeing
Praising and applauding