Recognition Meaning

There are 8 meaning(s) for word Recognition

Meaning 1 : approval

    Example : give her recognition for trying

    Synonyms : credit
Meaning 2 : the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering

    Example : 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

    Synonyms : identification
Meaning 3 : the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

    Example : 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
Meaning 4 : coming to understand something clearly and distinctly

    Example : a sudden recognition of the problem he faced,increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases

    Synonyms : realisation,  realization
Meaning 5 : an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid

    Example : the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States

Meaning 6 : (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape

    Example : molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities

Meaning 7 : designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body

    Example : he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman

Meaning 8 : the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country

    Example : territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991