verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a recognized qualification (= one that is accepted by people as good )
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Trainees can work towards a recognised vocational qualification.
acknowledge/recognize sb’s contribution (= say that you are grateful for what someone has done )
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He acknowledged the contribution of many individuals in developing the report.
acknowledge/recognize/accept the existence of sth (= agree that something exists )
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They organization finally acknowledged the existence of a problem.
internationally famous/recognized/known etc
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an internationally famous sculptor
know/recognize limitations (= know what your qualities or abilities will allow you to do )
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Know your limitations, and don't exercise too hard or you'll get injured.
recognize sb’s handwriting
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Marcus didn’t recognize the handwriting on the envelope.
recognize/realize the importance of sth
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We all recognize the importance of his work.
treated/recognized/accepted etc as such
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Birth is a natural process, and should be treated as such.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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Reading needs to be recognized as just one more part of your overall plan and pattern of tackling hearing loss.
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Third, because the elections were internationally recognized as free and fair, Taylor will have the backing of the international community.
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Once a particular kind of stone was recognized as precious it tended to remain so.
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Gershwin loved jazz, and he recognized as much as anyone how honest she already was.
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Implicitly it is conceptualized in terms of the personal behaviours which individuals indulge and which are well recognized as risk factors for various diseases.
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Then, in the nineteenth century, they were treated more fairly, even kindly, because they were recognized as ill.
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Like the Israelite prophets, they may not be honoured in their own country but they are recognized as belonging.
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But the form as a whole should be recognized as inimical to protestants, especially when pursued in the arena of politics.
internationally
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Third, because the elections were internationally recognized as free and fair, Taylor will have the backing of the international community.
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Reg and Maggie Green have been recognized internationally for such a generous act.
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Recently, John Fagin, an internationally recognized molecular biologist and former genetic engineer from Fairfield, Iowa, made a stand.
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Denver overcame his shyness to take on a stage presence that made him internationally recognized .
■ NOUN
fact
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I think that it is, and only our identification with the world that is disappearing keeps us from recognizing that fact .
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Tallis could recognize this fact even beyond the mask of clay.
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The Liberal Democratic Party was recognized to be in fact an ultra-nationalist formation.
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Neither did it recognize the fact that Polly was being driven mad.
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Butzler was the first scientist to recognize this crucial fact .
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Not only the intelligentsia but also conservative officials and the tsar appear to have recognized the fact .
importance
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No serious Marxist discussion of class has failed to recognize the importance of divisions within the working class.
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They also recognize the importance of national legislation aimed at eradicating torture.
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The other was that in defining individual teachers' roles, schools were asked to recognize the importance of job-satisfaction.
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The participating States recognize the importance of co-operation in a number of areas in the economic integration process.
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Increasingly since then archaeologists have recognized the importance of identifying and accurately recording associations between remains on sites.
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An effective coach is interested in people, recognizing their importance and potential.
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Both candidates are moderates who believe in market-driven reforms and recognize the importance of public security.
marriage
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The truths that are recognized after marriage have very little to do with chamber pots.
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The bill also would bar the federal government from recognizing homosexual marriages .
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California law does not recognize gay marriages , but state appellate courts have adjudicated gay and lesbian palimony cases.
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California now recognizes marriages performed in other states.
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No state now recognizes gay marriages .
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No state currently recognizes marriages between homosexuals.
need
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When siblings are in conflict they need consistent and caring control plus help in recognizing each other's needs and feelings.
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Gates recognized this need and will offer training grants as well as funds for machines and software.
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Try to recognize your needs , and try to spend time fulfilling them or asking for them.
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Libraries will persist in their commitment but will find no funding equal to the recognized dimensions of the need .
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They recognize their needs and ask openly and directly for what they want.
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Management for years has recognized the need to organize within their own ranks.
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Many public libraries recognize this need and their programmes for schoolchildren reflect it.
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At Iberian, the dealer initiative members recognized the need to build better teamwork among dealers and dealers' direct reports.
problem
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Responsible tour operators have recognized the problem and are doing all in their power to stop it.
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Hallinan was expected Monday to call on other prosecutors throughout the country to recognize and address the problem .
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The Kazakh government has recognized the problem and has accepted a programme for the construction of appropriate burial sites.
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Even in those countries that recognized the problem and tried to solve it, however, the quality of schools varied immensely.
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The losses involved in retirement are often either not foreseen, or not recognized as a problem .
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Most corporations will wait for explosions before they recognize the problem and do something to respond.
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Whilst individual counselling recognizes the uniqueness of human problems , group-based counselling recognizes shared problems.
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To their credit, Cindy and George had recognized the problem and were determined not to let that happen.
role
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During the course of dissections of cadaver club feet he recognized the role of muscles and tendons rather than bones in this deformity.
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But, though more students are taking and being recognized for their leader-ship roles , others still suffer ostracism and self-doubt.
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But in recognizing the role of one ancillary, we should not overlook others.
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There is also some evidence that the Saka, like the Sarmatians, recognized a role for women in warfare.
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Piaget, in turn, fully recognized the role of social factors in intellectual development.
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Many other Labour councils recognize this explicit political role .
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It will recognize the critical role of that Treaty in ensuring military security and stability.
state
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Nevertheless, with the growth in the size and power of the public service state he recognized the dangers of subordination.
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A biology professor at San Diego State , she recognized business potential in some of her research.
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Federations appear to bond diverse nations into a unified state while still recognizing the different nations' diversity and desire for power.
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Several other states recognize permits from some, but not all, issuing states.
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Some state laws have explicitly recognized this right.
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Marriages performed in one state are routinely recognized by other states.
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Knight said traditional weddings would be undermined if gay marriages in other states were recognized in California.
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No state now recognizes gay marriages.
value
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Ambitious princes began to recognize the value of nationalism for an extension of their own claims, rather than those of popular democracy.
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They recognize the value of practical, hands-on education.
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This was not necessarily because parents failed to recognize the value of education for their children.
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He was grateful to be in a company that recognized the value of education and training for management.
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Some pupils did not appear to understand method two but recognized its value when the calculation was to be carried out mentally.
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It is for this reason that this Court has recognized the inherent value of free discourse.
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Later on Richard was to show beyond all doubt that he recognized the value of careful and methodical preparation.
voice
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It was with a little fillip of surprise that Pascoe realized she hadn't recognized his voice .
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It recognizes that a voice developed amid inequality does not bespeak inferiority.
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It recognizes your voice and then dispenses the money.
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Wait, I cried, but I did not recognize my voice .
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And now Professor King has produced the computer software to recognize that voice pattern.
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She speaks to him; he recognizes her voice and gathers her to him.
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It was the social security man, and recognizing his voice I braced myself for what he might say.
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He recognized the voice as belonging to the village boss, Gao Jinjiao.
■ VERB
begin
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Ambitious princes began to recognize the value of nationalism for an extension of their own claims, rather than those of popular democracy.
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Any peahens reading this might begin to recognize their dilemma.
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Suddenly, the economic miracle of the past decade began to be recognized for what it was.
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I began to recognize the minister because of the way the girls, forgetting or ignoring proper behavior, gathered around him.
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For the first time I began to recognize the power of the forces that Laura was summoning to her need.
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We have certainly begun to recognize that many workers want these policies and that it pays off for businesses to provide them.
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That was when she had begun to recognize the evil.
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They discovered just how complex an analytic task they faced when they began to recognize how diverse their subordinates were.
fail
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It fails to recognize that child-rearing is both a vital and demanding job which deserves adequate remuneration.
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Bruch criticized obesity researchers for failing to recognize that dieting was not only psychologically debilitating but medically simple-minded.
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No serious Marxist discussion of class has failed to recognize the importance of divisions within the working class.
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Such an approach, though useful, is limited: it fails to recognize the ultimate source of the violence.
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Something which she, brought up in a crowded street, could not fail to recognize .
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She fails to recognize that getting things done requires a different way of exercising power.
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He failed to recognize , or understand, the subtle change in emphasis which had taken place.
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Too many initiative leaders fail to recognize and respect that challenge.
refuse
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He refused to recognize the triumvirate plan previously proposed by Santa Anna, saying that it was unconstitutional.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Aaron was humming a tune I didn't recognize .
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British medical qualifications are recognized in many countries throughout the world.
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Carnegie heroes are recognized for trying to save lives while risking their own.
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Franklin is a recognized leader in her field.
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Her contribution to horticulture was recognized when a new rose was named after her.
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I recognize you from somewhere -- don't you work at the bank?
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I recognized her from the movies, but she was much taller than I expected.
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I can't remember how the tune goes but I'll recognize it when I hear it.
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Lisa! I'm sorry -- I didn't recognize you -- you've had your hair cut!
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Papua New Guinea was the first country to recognize the new military regime in Fiji.
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That security guy never recognizes me. I always have to show him my ID.
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The campaign is aimed at helping doctors recognize abuse victims.
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The government recognized his bravery in the battle by awarding him the Military Cross.
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The U.S. has not recognized the Cuban government since 1961.
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The waiter recognized one of his customers as someone he went to school with.
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We hadn't seen each other in thirty years, but I recognized her right away.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Among these agents, salicylate therapy is the most commonly recognized cause of hypouricemia.
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It is time to recognize that San Francisco no longer is the center of the Bay Area.
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It needs to be recognized that it is the surface of any street or pavement that provides its essential character.
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Public schools are not required to recognize any extracurricular student organizations.
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That intellectual heritage came from recognizing the power and truth of the body.
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There's no question that Feigl recognized the difficulty of the problem.
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They recognized that some of their objectives could be reached by administrative action without running the gauntlet of the legislative process.