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Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): recognition, recognize, recognizable, unrecognizable, recognized, recognizably
Xem thêm: acknowledge, recognise, know, recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agnise, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart, recognise, accredit, recognise, greet, recognise, acknowledge, recognise, recognise
recognize verb
1 know sb/sth again
ADV. immediately, instantly I immediately recognized the building. | easily This is the only species of flamingo in the region, easily recognized by its pink plumage. | barely, hardly Stella hardly recognized her brother.
VERB + RECOGNIZE learn to You learn to recognize the calls of different birds. | be easy to
PREP. as He recognized the man as one of the police officers. | by I recognized her by her red hair. | from I recognized them from a television show.
2 understand sth
ADV. fully They fully recognize the need to proceed carefully. | belatedly, finally The government has belatedly recognized the danger to health of passive smoking.
VERB + RECOGNIZE must | be important to | begin to | be slow to The company had been slow to recognize the opportunities available to it. | fail to
PREP. as This issue must be recognized as a priority for the next administration.
PHRASES be generally/universally/widely recognized, be increasingly recognized The strength of this argument is being increasingly recognized. | failure to recognize sth
3 accept sth officially
ADV. clearly The law clearly recognizes that a company is separate from those who invest in it. | formally, officially | internationally, nationally The Medway estuary is recognized internationally as a conservation area.
VERB + RECOGNIZE agree to | refuse to
PREP. as All rivers should be officially recognized as public rights of way.
PHRASES be legally recognized A bill of exchange is a legally recognized document. | a refusal to recognize sth
v.
The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne
We do not recognize your gods
The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
I can't make out the faces in this photograph
The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution
recognize an academic degree
We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us
My work is not recognized by anybody!
The best student was recognized by the Dean