(~s, recognizing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Note: in BRIT, also use 'recognise'
1.
If you ~ someone or something, you know who that person is or what that thing is.
The receptionist ~d him at once...
A man I easily ~d as Luke’s father sat with a newspaper on his lap.
VERB: no cont, V n, V n as n
2.
If someone says that they ~ something, they acknowledge that it exists or that it is true.
I ~ my own shortcomings...
Well, of course I ~ that evil exists.
= acknowledge
VERB: no cont, V n, V that
3.
If people or organizations ~ something as valid, they officially accept it or approve of it.
Most doctors appear to ~ homeopathy as a legitimate form of medicine...
France is on the point of recognizing the independence of the Baltic States.
= accept
VERB: V n as n, V n, also V that
4.
When people ~ the work that someone has done, they show their appreciation of it, often by giving that person an award of some kind.
The RAF ~d him as an outstandingly able engineer...
Nichols was ~d by the Hall of Fame in 1949.
VERB: V n as n, V n