recognise Definition

recognize
recognise
verb recognized, recognizing, recognised, recognising

1. To identify (a person or thing known or experienced before).

Thesaurus: remember, recall, identify, place.
2. To admit or be aware of something.

Example: recognized his mistakes
Thesaurus: acknowledge, see, understand, notice, know, realize, perceive, accept, concede, appreciate, allow.
3. To show approval of and gratitude for something; to reward something.

Example: recognized her courage by giving her a medal
4. To acknowledge the status or legality of (especially a government or state).
5. To acknowledge something.
6. To accept something as valid.

Example: recognize the authority of the court

Derivative: recognizer
noun

Derivative: recognition

The act or state of recognizing or being recognized.
Thesaurus: recollection, recall, remembrance, memory, identification.

Acknowledgement.
Thesaurus: awareness, avowal, perception, enlightenment, identification, acknowledgment.

A token or indication of recognizing.
Thesaurus: acceptance, acknowledgment, notice, appreciation, attention, citation.

Derivative: recognizable
adj

Derivative: recognizably
adverb

Etymology: 15c: from Latin recognoscere, from cognoscere to know.