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1. recognition
noun. ['ˌrɛkəgˈnɪʃən, ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən'] the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged.
Synonyms
- acknowledgment
- acknowledged
- acceptance
- acknowledgement
Antonyms
- unacknowledged
- rejection
- questionable
- unpermissiveness
Etymology
- recognitionem (Latin)
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Rhymes with Recognition
- predisposition
- 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
- dimunition
How do you pronounce recognition?
Pronounce recognition as ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən.
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Sentences with recognition
1. Noun, singular or mass
It is the duty of an assistant manager to formulate recognition programs that reward excellent performances.
Quotes about recognition
1. To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
2. Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.
- Alexander Smith
3. The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun.
- John Desmond Bernal
2. recognition
noun. ['ˌrɛkəgˈnɪʃən, ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən'] the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering.
Synonyms
- identification
- identity
- memory
- speaker identification
- talker identification
Antonyms
- disapprobation
- dislike
- dishonor
- criticize
Etymology
- recognitionem (Latin)
3. recognition
noun. ['ˌrɛkəgˈnɪʃən, ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən'] approval.
Synonyms
- ovation
- credit
- salutation
- remembrance
- commendation
- approval
- salute
- standing ovation
- commemoration
Antonyms
- tasteful
- tasteless
- folly
- imprudence
Etymology
- recognitionem (Latin)
4. recognition
noun. ['ˌrɛkəgˈnɪʃən, ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən'] coming to understand something clearly and distinctly.
Synonyms
- discernment
- apprehension
- understanding
- realisation
- realization
Antonyms
- volatile storage
- software
- non-volatile storage
- nonvolatile storage
Etymology
- recognitionem (Latin)
5. recognition
noun. ['ˌrɛkəgˈnɪʃən, ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən'] designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body.
Synonyms
- designation
- naming
- assignment
Antonyms
- distrust
- debit
- cash
- nonpayment
Etymology
- recognitionem (Latin)
6. recognition
noun. ['ˌrɛkəgˈnɪʃən, ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən'] an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid.
Synonyms
- credence
Antonyms
- judiciousness
- injudiciousness
Etymology
- recognitionem (Latin)
7. recognition
noun. ['ˌrɛkəgˈnɪʃən, ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən'] the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country.
Synonyms
- diplomacy
Antonyms
- unperceptive
- known
Etymology
- recognitionem (Latin)
8. recognition
noun. ['ˌrɛkəgˈnɪʃən, ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən'] (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape.
Antonyms
- unknown
Etymology
- recognitionem (Latin)