| recognize | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. acknowledge, know, recognise, recognize | accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority.; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" |
| ~ accept | consider or hold as true.; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. agnise, agnize, realise, realize, recognise, recognize | be fully aware or cognizant of. |
| ~ cognise, cognize, know | be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about.; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" |
| ~ know | know the nature or character of.; "we all knew her as a big show-off" |
| v. (perception) | 3. discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart | detect with the senses.; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ resolve | make clearly visible.; "can this image be resolved?" |
| ~ discriminate | distinguish.; "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. recognise, recognize | perceive to be the same. |
| ~ know | be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object.; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily" |
| ~ recall, recollect, remember, call back, call up, retrieve, think | recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" |
| ~ identify | consider to be equal or the same.; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives" |
| v. (social) | 5. accredit, recognise, recognize | grant credentials to.; "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree" |
| ~ licence, license, certify | authorize officially.; "I am licensed to practice law in this state" |
| v. (communication) | 6. greet, recognise, recognize | express greetings upon meeting someone. |
| ~ shake hands | take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation. |
| ~ curtsy, bob | make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect.; "She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand" |
| ~ salute | greet in a friendly way.; "I meet this men every day on my way to work and he salutes me" |
| ~ salute, present | recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position.; "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute" |
| ~ salute | honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers. |
| ~ herald, hail | greet enthusiastically or joyfully. |
| ~ welcome, receive | bid welcome to; greet upon arrival. |
| ~ say farewell | say good-bye or bid farewell. |
| ~ bid, wish | invoke upon.; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell" |
| ~ accost, come up to, address | speak to someone. |
| v. (communication) | 7. acknowledge, recognise, recognize | express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for.; "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us" |
| ~ give thanks, thank | express gratitude or show appreciation to. |
| ~ appreciate | recognize with gratitude; be grateful for. |
| v. (stative) | 8. recognize | exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate). |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (social) | 9. recognise, recognize | show approval or appreciation of.; "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean" |
| ~ prize, treasure, value, appreciate | hold dear.; "I prize these old photographs" |
| ~ honor, honour, reward | bestow honor or rewards upon.; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action" |
| ~ rubricate | place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint.; "She was rubricated by the pope" |
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