Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Recognition is the act of recognizing someone or identifying something when you see it.
He searched for a sign of ~ on her face, but there was none.
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2.
Recognition of something is an understanding and acceptance of it.
The CBI welcomed the Chancellor’s ~ of the recession and hoped for a reduction in interest rates.
= acknowledgement
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3.
When a government gives diplomatic ~ to another country, they officially accept that its status is valid.
His government did not receive full ~ by Britain until July.
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4.
When a person receives ~ for the things that they have done, people acknowledge the value or skill of their work.
At last, her father’s work has received popular ~...
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5.
If you say that someone or something has changed beyond ~ or out of all ~, you mean that person or thing has changed so much that you can no longer recognize them.
The bodies were mutilated beyond ~...
The situation in Eastern Europe has changed out of all ~.
PHRASE: PHR after v emphasis
6.
If something is done in ~ of someone’s achievements, it is done as a way of showing official appreciation of them.
Brazil normalised its diplomatic relations with South Africa in ~ of the steps taken to end apartheid...
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