The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged:
— The partners were delighted with the recognition of their work.
— She seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own.

synonyms: acknowledgement, acknowledgment.

Roget 550: indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology^†, semeiotics^†; Zeitgeist.    [means of recognition: property] characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, trait; fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint [for animals]; cloven hoof; footfall; recognition (memory) 505.    [means of recognition: tool] diagnostic, divining rod; detector.    sign, symbol; index, indice^†, indicator; point, pointer; exponent, note, token, symptom; dollar sign, dollar mark.    type, figure, emblem, cipher, device; representation etc. 554; epigraph, motto, posy.    gesture, gesticulation; pantomime; wink, glance, leer; nod, shrug, beck; touch, nudge; dactylology^†, dactylonomy^†; freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology [Med.], byplay, dumb show; cue; hint etc. 527; clue, clew, key, scent.    signal, signal post; rocket, blue light; watch fire, watch tower; telegraph, semaphore, flagstaff; cresset^†, fiery cross; calumet; heliograph; guidon; headlight.    [sign (evidence) on physobj of contact with another physobj] mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick.    print; imprint, impress, impression.    [symbols accompanying written text to signify modified interpretation] keyboard symbols, printing symbols; [Symbols for emphasis], red letter, italics, sublineation^†, underlining, bold font; jotting; note, annotation, reference; blaze, cedilla, guillemets^†, hachure [Topo.]; [Special Characters list], quotation marks, "; double quotes, " "; parentheses, "( )"; brackets, "[ ]"; braces, "{ }", curly brackets; arrows, slashes; left parenthesis, "("; right parenthesis, ")"; opening bracket, "["; closing bracket, "]"; left curly brace, "{"; right curly brace, "}"; left arrow, ""; forward slash, "/"; backward slash, "\\"; exclamation point, "!"; commercial at, "@"; pound sign, "#"; percent sign, "%"; carat, "^"; ampersand, "&"; asterisk, "*"; hyphen, "-"; dash, "-", "_"; em dash, "--"; plus sign, "+"; equals sign, "="; question mark, "?"; period, "."; semicolon, ";"; colon, ":"; comma, ","; apostrophe, "'"; single quote, "'"; tilde, "~". [For identification: general] badge, criterion; countercheck^†, countermark^†, countersign, counterfoil; duplicate, tally; label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop; dib^†; totem; tessera^†, card, bill; witness, voucher; stamp; cacher [Fr.]; trade mark, Hall mark.    [For identification of people, on a document] signature, mark, autograph, autography; attestation; hand, hand writing, sign manual; cipher; seal, sigil [Lat.], signet, hand and seal [Law]; paraph^†, brand; superscription; indorsement^†, endorsement.    [For identification of people, to gain access to restricted (locations or information)] password, watchword, catchword; security card, pass, passkey; credentials etc. (evidence) 467; open sesame; timbrology^†; mot de passe [Fr.], mot du guet [Fr.]; pass-parole; shibboleth.    title, heading, docket.    address card, visiting card; carte de visite [Fr.].    insignia; banner, banneret^†, bannerol^†; bandrol^†; flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum^†, oriflamb^†, oriflamme; figurehead; ensign; pennon, pennant, pendant; burgee^†, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack; banderole, old glory [U.S.], quarantine flag; vexillum^†; yellow-flag, yellow jack; tricolor, stars and stripes; bunting.    heraldry, crest; coat of arms, arms; armorial bearings, hatchment^†; escutcheon, scutcheon; shield, supporters; livery, uniform; cockade, epaulet, chevron; garland, love knot, favor.    [Of locality] beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, cock, weathercock; guidepost, handpost^†, fingerpost^†, directing post, signpost; pillars of Hercules, pharos; bale-fire, beacon-fire; l'etoile du Nord [Fr.]; landmark, seamark; lighthouse, balize^†; polestar, loadstar^†, lodestar; cynosure, guide; address, direction, name; sign, signboard.    [Of the future] warning etc. 668; omen etc. 512; prefigurement etc. 511.    [Of the past] trace, record &c., 551.    [Of danger] warning etc. 668, alarm etc. 669.    [of authority]. scepter etc. 747.    [of triumph]. trophy etc. 733.    [of quantity]. gauge etc. 466.    [Of Distance] milestone, milepost.    [Of disgrace], brand, fool's cap.    [For detection], check, telltale; test etc. (experiment) 463; mileage ticket; milliary^†.    notification etc. (information) 527; advertisement etc. (publication) 531.    word of command, call; bugle call, trumpet call; bell, alarum, cry; battle cry, rallying cry; angelus^†; reveille; sacring bell^†, sanctus bell [Lat.].    exposition etc. (explanation) 522, proof etc. (evidence) 463; pattern etc. (prototype) 22.    ... show more

Roget 894: courtesy; respect etc. 928; good manners, good behavior, good breeding; manners; politeness etc. adj.; bienseance, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, polish, presence; civility, civilization; amenity, suavity; good temper, good humor; amiability, easy temper, complacency, soft tongue, mansuetude; condescension etc. (humility) 879; affability, complaisance, pr_evenance, amability^†, gallantry; pink of politeness, pink of courtesy.    compliment; fair words, soft words, sweet words; honeyed phrases, ceremonial salutation, reception, presentation, introduction, accueil^†, greeting, recognition; welcome, abord^†, respects, devoir, regards, remembrances; kind regards, kind remembrances; love, best love, duty; empty encomium, flattering remark, hollow commendation; salaams.    obeisance etc. (reverence) 928; bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow^†, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection etc. (worship) 990; obsequiousness etc. 886; capping, shaking hands, etc. v.; grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur [Fr.], pledge; love token etc. (endearment) 902; kiss, buss, salute.    mark of recognition, nod; nods and becks and wreathed smiles" [Milton]; valediction etc. 293; condolence etc. 915.    ... show more

Roget 505: memory, remembrance; retention, retentiveness; tenacity; veteris vestigia flammae [Lat.]; tablets of the memory; readiness.    reminiscence, recognition, recollection, rememoration^†; recurrence, flashback; retrospect, retrospection.    afterthought, post script, PS.    suggestion etc. (information) 527; prompting etc. v.; hint, reminder; remembrancer^†, flapper; memorial etc. (record) 551; commemoration etc. (celebration) 883.    [written reminder] note, memo, memorandum; things to be remembered, token of remembrance, memento, souvenir, keepsake, relic, memorabilia.    art of memory, artificial memory; memoria technica [Lat.]; mnemonics, mnemotechnics^†; phrenotypics^†; Mnemosyne.    prompt-book; crib sheet, cheat sheet.    retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green memory^†, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate recollection; perfect memory, total recall.    celebrity, fame, renown, reputation etc. (repute) 873.    ... show more

Roget 490: knowledge; cognizance, cognition, cognoscence^†; acquaintance, experience, ken [Scot.], privity^†, insight, familiarity; comprehension, apprehension; recognition; appreciation etc. (judgment) 480; intuition; conscience, consciousness; perception, precognition; acroamatics^†.    light, enlightenment; glimpse, inkling; glimmer, glimmering; dawn; scent, suspicion; impression etc. (idea) 453; discovery etc. 480.1. system of knowledge, body of knowledge; science, philosophy, pansophy^†; acroama^†; theory, aetiology^†, etiology; circle of the sciences; pandect^†, doctrine, body of doctrine; cyclopedia, encyclopedia; school etc. (system of opinions) 484.    tree of knowledge; republic of letters etc. (language) 560.    erudition, learning, lore, scholarship, reading, letters; literature; book madness; book learning, bookishness; bibliomania^†, bibliolatry^†; information, general information; store of knowledge &c.; education etc. (teaching) 537; culture, menticulture^†, attainments; acquirements, acquisitions; accomplishments; proficiency; practical knowledge etc. (skill) 698; liberal education; dilettantism; rudiments etc. (beginning) 66.    deep knowledge, profound knowledge, solid knowledge, accurate knowledge, acroatic knowledge^†, acroamatic knowledge^†, vast knowledge, extensive knowledge, encyclopedic knowledge, encyclopedic learning; omniscience, pantology^†.    march of intellect; progress of science, advance of science, advance of learning; schoolmaster abroad.    [person who knows much] scholar etc. 492.    ... show more

Roget 488: assent, assentment^†; acquiescence, admission; nod; accord, concord, concordance; agreement etc. 23; affirmance, affirmation; recognition, acknowledgment, avowal; confession of faith.    unanimity, common consent, consensus, acclamation, chorus, vox populi; popular belief, current belief, current opinion; public opinion; concurrence etc. (of causes) 178; cooperation etc. (voluntary) 709.    ratification, confirmation, corroboration, approval, acceptance, visa; indorsement etc. (record) 551^†.    consent etc. (compliance) 762.    pressure to conform, herd instinct, peer pressure.    ... show more

Roget 916: gratitude, thankfulness, feeling of obligation, sense of obligation.    acknowledgment, recognition, thanksgiving, thanksgiving, giving thanks; thankful good will.    thanks, praise, benediction; paean; Te Deum [Lat.] etc. (worship) 990; grace, grace before meat, grace after meat, grace before meals, grace after meals; thank offering.    requital.    ... show more

Dutch: bekentenis, ontvangstbevestiging, toekenning, herkenning, dankbetuiging, dankzegging, erkenning
Polish: rozpoznawalność

The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering:
— A politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces.
— Experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer.

synonym: identification.

Roget 465b: identification, recognition, diagnosis, match; apperception, assimilation; dereplication; classification; memory etc. 505; interpretation etc. 522; cognizance (knowledge) 490.    ... show more

Dutch: erkenning, herkenning

Approval:
— Give her recognition for trying.

synonym: credit.

Dutch: erkenning

Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly:
— A sudden recognition of the problem he faced.
— Increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases.

synonyms: realisation, realization.

Dutch: erkenning
Polish: zrozumienie, pochwycenie, objęcie umysłem, objęcie, ogarnięcie umysłem, pojęcie

biology The ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape.

Dutch: erkenning

The explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country.

Dutch: erkenning

An acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid.

Dutch: herkenning, erkenning
Polish: wola, uznanie

Designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body.

Dutch: erkenning