( BrE also -ise ) verb
1 know sb/sth again
ADVERB
▪ immediately , instantly
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I immediately ~d the building.
▪ correctly , well
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She ~d the song correctly.
▪ easily
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This is the only species of flamingo in the region, easily ~d by its pink plumage.
▪ barely , hardly
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Stella hardly ~d her brother.
▪ vaguely
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I vaguely ~d his voice, but couldn't think of his name.
VERB + RECOGNIZE
▪ learn to
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You learn to ~ the calls of different birds.
▪ be easy to
PREPOSITION
▪ as
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He ~d the man as one of the police officers.
▪ by
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I ~d her by her red hair.
▪ from
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I ~d them from a television show.
2 understand or acknowledge sth
ADVERB
▪ clearly , fully
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They fully ~ the need to proceed carefully.
▪ belatedly , finally
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The government has belatedly ~d the danger to health of passive smoking.
▪ readily
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He readily ~s the influence of Freud on his thinking.
▪ rightly
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The 1970s are rightly ~d as a golden era of Hollywood film-making.
VERB + RECOGNIZE
▪ must , need to
▪ begin to
▪ be slow to
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The company had been slow to ~ the opportunities available to it.
▪ fail to
PREPOSITION
▪ as
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This issue must be ~d as a priority for the next administration.
PHRASES
▪ be commonly ~d , be generally ~d , be universally ~d , be widely ~d
▪ be increasingly ~d
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The strength of this argument is being increasingly ~d.
▪ failure to ~ sth
▪ it is important to ~ sth
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It's important to ~ that obesity isn't necessarily caused by overeating.
3 accept sth officially
ADVERB
▪ clearly
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The law clearly ~s that a company is separate from those who invest in it.
▪ federally ( AmE ), formally , legally , officially
▪ globally , internationally , nationally
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The estuary is ~d internationally as an important area for wildlife.
▪ publicly
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The company should publicly ~ its mistake.
▪ explicitly , implicitly
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The court explicitly ~d the group's right to exist.
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Criminal law implicitly ~s a difference between animals and property.
▪ currently
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Do any US states currently ~ gay marriage?
VERB + RECOGNIZE
▪ agree to
▪ refuse to
PREPOSITION
▪ as
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All rivers should be officially ~d as public rights of way.
PHRASES
▪ be legally ~d
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A bill of exchange is a legally ~d document.
▪ a refusal to ~ sth
Recognize is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ law , ↑ treaty
Recognize is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ ability , ↑ accomplishment , ↑ achievement , ↑ authority , ↑ benefit , ↑ breed , ↑ category , ↑ complexity , ↑ contribution , ↑ danger , ↑ debt , ↑ difference , ↑ distinction , ↑ enormity , ↑ error , ↑ excellence , ↑ existence , ↑ extent , ↑ fact , ↑ failing , ↑ folly , ↑ futility , ↑ handwriting , ↑ impact , ↑ importance , ↑ inadequacy , ↑ independence , ↑ inevitability , ↑ influence , ↑ landmark , ↑ limit , ↑ limitation , ↑ link , ↑ marriage , ↑ merit , ↑ mistake , ↑ nature , ↑ necessity , ↑ need , ↑ pattern , ↑ plight , ↑ possibility , ↑ potential , ↑ problem , ↑ reality , ↑ republic , ↑ responsibility , ↑ right , ↑ role , ↑ seriousness , ↑ shortcoming , ↑ sign , ↑ signature , ↑ significance , ↑ similarity , ↑ sovereignty , ↑ status , ↑ symptom , ↑ syndrome , ↑ talent , ↑ trait , ↑ type , ↑ union , ↑ validity , ↑ value , ↑ voice , ↑ weakness , ↑ worth , ↑ writing , ↑ wrong