recognition


Meanings

  • 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"
  • 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"
  • approval;
    • "give her recognition for trying"
  • 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"
  • (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape;
    • "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"
  • the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country;
    • "territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991"
  • an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid;
    • "the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States"
  • designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body;
    • "he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman"


Scrabble Score: 14

recognition is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

recognition is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

recognition is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 18

recognition is a valid Words With Friends word