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1. recognition

noun. ['ˌrɛkəgˈnɪʃən, ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən'] the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged.

Etymology

  • recognitionem (Latin)

Rhymes with Facial Recognition

  • predisposition
  • misrecognition
  • juxtaposition
  • retransmission
  • presupposition
  • decomposition
  • statistician
  • reimposition
  • redeposition
  • redefinition
  • precondition
  • pediatrician
  • obstetrician
  • mathematician
  • malnutrition
  • geriatrician
  • fondkommission
  • extradition
  • transmission
  • superstition
  • requisition
  • recondition
  • proposition
  • premonition
  • preignition
  • inquisition
  • exposition
  • expedition
  • electrician
  • disposition

2. recognition

noun. ['ˌrɛkəgˈnɪʃən, ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən'] the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering.

Etymology

  • recognitionem (Latin)

3. recognition

noun. ['ˌrɛkəgˈnɪʃən, ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən'] approval.

Etymology

  • recognitionem (Latin)

4. recognition

noun. ['ˌrɛkəgˈnɪʃən, ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən'] coming to understand something clearly and distinctly.

Etymology

  • recognitionem (Latin)

5. recognition

noun. ['ˌrɛkəgˈnɪʃən, ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən'] designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body.

Etymology

  • recognitionem (Latin)

6. recognition

noun. ['ˌrɛkəgˈnɪʃən, ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən'] an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid.

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  • recognitionem (Latin)

7. recognition

noun. ['ˌrɛkəgˈnɪʃən, ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən'] the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country.

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Etymology

  • recognitionem (Latin)

8. recognition

noun. ['ˌrɛkəgˈnɪʃən, ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən'] (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape.

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Etymology

  • recognitionem (Latin)