Recognize
verb
Knowing who or what someone or something is.
He didn't recognize me when I saw him on the street.
Often appears as...
- recognize someone
- recognize a face
verb
Admit the existence, validity, or legality of something.
The government recognized the new state.
Often appears as...
- recognize a government
- recognize an achievement
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Approving
Academic
verb
Appreciate the value of something or someone.
His wife recognized his efforts and appreciated him.
Often appears as...
- recognize efforts
- recognize talent
Usage tips
Approving
verb
Identify something because you have noticed it before.
She recognized the song from the first few notes.
Often appears as...
- recognize a song
- recognize a smell
verb
To accept or admit that something is true.
He finally recognized his mistake.
Often appears as...
- recognize a mistake
- recognize the truth
verb
Knowing who or what someone or something is.
He didn't recognize me when I saw him on the street.
Often appears as...
- recognize someone
- recognize a face
verb
Admit the existence, validity, or legality of something.
The government recognized the new state.
Often appears as...
- recognize a government
- recognize an achievement
Usage tips
Approving
Academic
verb
Appreciate the value of something or someone.
His wife recognized his efforts and appreciated him.
Often appears as...
- recognize efforts
- recognize talent
Usage tips
Approving
verb
Identify something because you have noticed it before.
She recognized the song from the first few notes.
Often appears as...
- recognize a song
- recognize a smell
verb
To accept or admit that something is true.
He finally recognized his mistake.
Often appears as...
- recognize a mistake
- recognize the truth
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Recognition
Used when you visually identify someone or something after seeing it again.
It's amazing how babies can recognize their parents.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Immediate
Sometimes it takes a moment to recognize, as memories take time to surface.
After a long stare, he recognized his old friend.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Recognition
Used when you visually identify someone or something after seeing it again.
It's amazing how babies can recognize their parents.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Immediate
Sometimes it takes a moment to recognize, as memories take time to surface.
After a long stare, he recognized his old friend.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Recognition
Used when you visually identify someone or something after seeing it again.
It's amazing how babies can recognize their parents.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Immediate
Sometimes it takes a moment to recognize, as memories take time to surface.
After a long stare, he recognized his old friend.
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Julian Baggini: Is there...
particularly at this stage of life you're at. You'll be aware of the fact how much of you changed over recent years. If you have any videos of yourself, three or four years ago, you probably feel embarrassed because you don't recognize yourself. So I want to get that message over, that what we need to do is think about ourselves as things that we can shape, and channel and change.
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How sugar affects the...
And second, because the more variety we have in our diet, the more likely we are to get all the nutrients we need. To keep that variety up, we need to be able to recognize a new food, and more importantly, we need to want to keep eating new foods. And that's why the dopamine levels off when a food becomes boring. Now, back to that meal.
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How do animals...
which suggests awareness of threats. We've reached the point that research has made us so sure that vertebrates recognize pain that it's illegal in many countries to needlessly harm these animals. But what about other types of animals like invertebrates? These animals aren't legally protected,
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Why elephants never...
by encoding important experiences into long-term memories. The ability to distinguish this importance makes elephant memory a complex and adaptable faculty beyond rote memorization. It's what allows elephants who survived a drought in their youth to recognize its warning signs in adulthood,
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What makes something...
rooted in the nonsensical logic of the situations described. So on the one hand, it's easy to recognize the Kafkaesque in today's world. We rely on increasingly convoluted systems of administration that have real consequences on every aspect of our lives.
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The psychology of...
To varying degrees, narcissists think they're better looking, smarter, and more important than other people, and that they deserve special treatment. Psychologists recognize two forms of narcissism as a personality
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How to deal with...
hopeful I was feeling like things might work out and as I was leaving another writer arrived this writer recognized me from when I was a child and he said are you so and so's daughter and I replied yes
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Why do blood types...
immune cells that protect against infection. Antigens serve as identifying markers, allowing the immune system to recognize your body's own cells without attacking them as foreign bodies.
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Watch One Family's...
you you really have to appreciate life as a journey and recognize life as a learning curve having a transplant it's not you have a transplant you go back to
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Bears Dancing in the...
as they rub each leaves an individual and recognizable scent so the tree soon carries a list of who's around which might help individuals to avoid a fight
Video examples
Julian Baggini: Is there...
particularly at this stage of life you're at. You'll be aware of the fact how much of you changed over recent years. If you have any videos of yourself, three or four years ago, you probably feel embarrassed because you don't recognize yourself. So I want to get that message over, that what we need to do is think about ourselves as things that we can shape, and channel and change.
Video examples
How sugar affects the...
And second, because the more variety we have in our diet, the more likely we are to get all the nutrients we need. To keep that variety up, we need to be able to recognize a new food, and more importantly, we need to want to keep eating new foods. And that's why the dopamine levels off when a food becomes boring. Now, back to that meal.
Video examples
How do animals...
which suggests awareness of threats. We've reached the point that research has made us so sure that vertebrates recognize pain that it's illegal in many countries to needlessly harm these animals. But what about other types of animals like invertebrates? These animals aren't legally protected,
Video examples
Why elephants never...
by encoding important experiences into long-term memories. The ability to distinguish this importance makes elephant memory a complex and adaptable faculty beyond rote memorization. It's what allows elephants who survived a drought in their youth to recognize its warning signs in adulthood,
Video examples
What makes something...
rooted in the nonsensical logic of the situations described. So on the one hand, it's easy to recognize the Kafkaesque in today's world. We rely on increasingly convoluted systems of administration that have real consequences on every aspect of our lives.
Video examples
The psychology of...
To varying degrees, narcissists think they're better looking, smarter, and more important than other people, and that they deserve special treatment. Psychologists recognize two forms of narcissism as a personality
Video examples
How to deal with...
hopeful I was feeling like things might work out and as I was leaving another writer arrived this writer recognized me from when I was a child and he said are you so and so's daughter and I replied yes
Video examples
Why do blood types...
immune cells that protect against infection. Antigens serve as identifying markers, allowing the immune system to recognize your body's own cells without attacking them as foreign bodies.
Video examples
Watch One Family's...
you you really have to appreciate life as a journey and recognize life as a learning curve having a transplant it's not you have a transplant you go back to
Video examples
Bears Dancing in the...
as they rub each leaves an individual and recognizable scent so the tree soon carries a list of who's around which might help individuals to avoid a fight
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Eckhart Tolle
German Speaker
The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep down within you where you already know all the things, all those spiritual truths that you read or hear, and then recognize them. I say 'recognize' because you're not... it's not new.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
American Actor
I don't think anyone really gets used to being recognized around the world. It kind of feels like a videogame at times, especially with paparazzi and people following you and things of that nature. But it's part of who I am now.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
It doesn't matter if you come from the inner city. People who fail in life are people who find lots of excuses. It's never too late for a person to recognize that they have potential in themselves.
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Stephen King
Author
But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.
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Viktor E. Frankl
Austrian Psychologist
Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
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Diego Maradona
Argentinian Athlete
Things are neither clear nor clean in the world of football right now and many people recognise this reality.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Swedish Athlete
Wherever I go, people recognize me, call my name, cheer me.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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Eckhart Tolle
German Speaker
The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep down within you where you already know all the things, all those spiritual truths that you read or hear, and then recognize them. I say 'recognize' because you're not... it's not new.
Quote examples
Leonardo DiCaprio
American Actor
I don't think anyone really gets used to being recognized around the world. It kind of feels like a videogame at times, especially with paparazzi and people following you and things of that nature. But it's part of who I am now.
Quote examples
Ben Carson
American Scientist
It doesn't matter if you come from the inner city. People who fail in life are people who find lots of excuses. It's never too late for a person to recognize that they have potential in themselves.
Quote examples
Stephen King
Author
But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do.
Quote examples
Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.
Quote examples
Viktor E. Frankl
Austrian Psychologist
Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
Quote examples
Diego Maradona
Argentinian Athlete
Things are neither clear nor clean in the world of football right now and many people recognise this reality.
Quote examples
Maya Angelou
American Poet
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
Quote examples
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Swedish Athlete
Wherever I go, people recognize me, call my name, cheer me.
Quote examples
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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