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Word: recognise (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • transitive To acknowledge or consider as something.
  • transitive To acknowledge the existence or legality of something.; treat as worthy of consideration or valid.
  • transitive To give an award.
  • transitive To match something or someone which one currently perceives to a memory of some previous encounter with the same entity.
  • transitive To realise or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in; realise or admit that.

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