Definition of Recognize

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Recognize

To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.

To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul.

To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like.

To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.

To review; to reexamine.

To reconnoiter.

To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars.

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Recognize Quotations

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
Maya Angelou

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'
Barack Obama

We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old - and that's the criterion by which I'll be selecting my judges.
Barack Obama

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
Confucius

I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders.
Nelson Mandela

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
Will Rogers

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.
Eleanor Roosevelt

The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition.
Sigmund Freud

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
Samuel Goldwyn

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Recognize Translations

recognize in Afrikaans is herken
recognize in Danish is genkende
recognize in Dutch is agnosceren, als waarheid aannemen
recognize in French is reconnaissons, homologuer, reconnaitre, retrouve
recognize in German is erkennen, erkennen, anerkennen
recognize in Italian is riconoscere, riconoscere, riconoscere
recognize in Latin is agnosco
recognize in Spanish is connocer, reconocer, acatar

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