recognition

English

Etymology

From Latin recognitionem (accusative of recognitio), from stem recognit, past participle of recognoscere.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/
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Noun

recognition (usually uncountable, plural recognitions)

The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).
He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, “chapter I”, in The House Behind the Cedars:
  Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.
- December 20, 2021, ETSC, New rules on major EU roads should improve infrastructure safety
  One omission is any language on getting roads ready for automated systems in transport. ETSC had called for provisions on ensuring that road markings, signs and infrastructure take into account the specific needs of e.g. traffic sign recognition and automated lane keeping systems.
Acceptance as valid or true.
The law was a recognition of their civil rights.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:
  With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […]
Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.
Honour, favourable note, or attention.
The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.
(immunology) The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.
(Scotland, law, historical) A return of the feu to the superior.

Derived terms

Terms derived from recognition

character recognition
OCR / optical character recognition
speech recognition
voice recognition

Related terms

recognitive
recognitory

Translations

the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized

Armenian: ճանաչում (hy) (čanačʿum)
Bengali: স্বীকৃতি (bn) (sẇīkŕti)
Bulgarian: разпозна́ване (bg) n (razpoznávane)
Catalan: reconeixement (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 認出／认出 (zh) (rènchū)
Czech: rozpoznání n
Danish: genkendelse c
Dutch: herkenning (nl) f
Esperanto: rekono
Finnish: tunnistaminen (fi), tunnistus (fi)
French: reconnaissance (fr) f
Galician: recoñecemento (gl) m
German: Erkennen n, Wiedererkennen n, Erkennung (de) f
Greek: αναγνώριση (el) f (anagnórisi)
Hungarian: felismerés (hu)
Irish: aitheantas m
Korean: 인식(認識) (ko) (insik)
Portuguese: reconhecimento (pt) m
Romanian: recunoaștere (ro) f
Russian: узнава́ние (ru) n (uznavánije), распознава́ние (ru) n (raspoznavánije) (esp. computing)
Slovak: rozpoznanie n
Swedish: igenkännande (sv) n
Telugu: గుర్తింపు (te) (gurtimpu)
Turkish: tanınma (tr)

acceptance as valid or true

Belarusian: прызна́нне n (pryznánnje)
Bulgarian: прие́мане (bg) n (priémane)
Czech: uznání n
Danish: erkendelse c
Dutch: erkenning (nl) f
Esperanto: agnosko
Finnish: tunnustaminen (fi), tunnustus (fi)
Galician: recoñecemetno m
German: Anerkennung (de) f
Hungarian: elismerés (hu)
Korean: 승인(承認) (ko) (seung'in)
Portuguese: reconhecimento (pt) m
Romanian: recunoaștere (ro) f
Russian: призна́ние (ru) n (priznánije), одобре́ние (ru) n (odobrénije)
Slovak: uznanie n
Swedish: erkännande (sv) n
Turkish: kabul (tr)
Ukrainian: визна́ння n (vyznánnja), визнаття́ n (vyznattjá), визнава́ння n (vyznavánnja)

official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country

Armenian: ճանաչում (hy) (čanačʿum)
Basque: aintzatetsi
Belarusian: прызна́нне n (pryznánnje)
Bulgarian: призна́ване (bg) n (priznávane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 承認／承认 (zh) (chéngrèn)
Czech: uznání n
Danish: anerkendelse c
Dutch: erkenning (nl) f
Esperanto: agnosko
Finnish: tunnustaminen (fi), tunnustus (fi)
Galician: recoñecemetno m
German: Anerkennung (de) f
Hungarian: elismerés (hu)
Japanese: 承認 (ja) (しょうにん, shōnin)
Korean: 승인(承認) (ko) (seung'in)
Portuguese: reconhecimento (pt) m
Romanian: recunoaștere (ro) f
Russian: призна́ние (ru) n (priznánije)
Slovak: uznanie n
Swedish: erkännande (sv) n
Turkish: tanınma (tr)
Vietnamese: công nhận (vi)

honour, favorable note, or attention

Armenian: գնահատություն (hy) (gnahatutʿyun)
Bulgarian: призна́ние (bg) n (priznánie), одобре́ние (bg) n (odobrénie)
Catalan: reconeixement (ca) m
Czech: uznání n
Danish: anerkendelse c
Dutch: erkenning (nl) f
Esperanto: honora mencio
Finnish: kunnianosoitus (fi), huomio (fi), tunnustus (fi)
Galician: recoñecemento (gl) m
German: Anerkennung (de) f
Hungarian: elismerés (hu)
Portuguese: reconhecimento (pt) m
Romanian: recunoștință (ro) f, apreciere (ro) f
Russian: призна́ние (ru) n (priznánije)
Slovak: uznanie
Turkish: takdir (tr)

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Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} അംഗീകാരം (ml) (aṅgīkāraṃ)