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/ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/
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ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən
Noun
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).
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He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.
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Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.
December 20, 2021, ETSC, New rules on major EU roads should improve infrastructure safety One omission is any language on getting roads ready for automated systems in transport. ETSC had called for provisions on ensuring that road markings, signs and infrastructure take into account the specific needs of e.g. traffic sign recognition and automated lane keeping systems.
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.
Acceptance as valid or true.
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The law was a recognition of their civil rights.
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With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]
Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.
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Honour, favourable note, or attention.
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The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.
The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.
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A return of the feu to the superior.
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the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
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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
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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
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give her recognition for trying
he was given credit for his work
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give her credit for trying
coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
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a growing realization of the risk involved
a sudden recognition of the problem he faced
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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
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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
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territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991
an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
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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
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he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman