n.
Pronunciation: ˌ re-kig- ' ni-sh ə n, -k ə g-
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English recognicion, from Anglo-French recognition, from Latin recognition-, recognitio, from recognoscere
Date: 15th century
1 : the action of recognizing : the state of being recognized: as a : ACKNOWLEDGMENT especially : formal acknowledgment of the political existence of a government or nation b : knowledge or feeling that someone or something present has been encountered before
2 : special notice or attention
3 : the sensing and encoding of printed or written data by a machine <optical character recognition > <magnetic ink character recognition >