recognition

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
  2. noun the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
  3. noun approval

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English recognicion, from Middle French recognicion, recognition and its etymon Latin recognitiōnem (accusative of recognitiō), from recognitus, past participle of recognōscere.

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Synonyms

acknowledgment, acknowledgement

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