recognition

Plural

recognitions

1. 1.The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).

   • He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.
   • The freight market has changed beyond all recognition from when RAIL was first published. Coal, the then-dominant traffic, has all but disappeared. Instead, maritime intermodal flows have shown steady growth.

2. 2.Acceptance as valid or true.

   • The law was a recognition of their civil rights.

3. 3.Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.

4. 4.Honour, favourable note, or attention.

   • The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.

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