Recognized Recognize I ˈrekəɡnaɪz Extra Examples Problem Company

• i recognized him as soon as he came in the room.
• do you recognize this tune?
• you might not recognize the name but you'll know her face.
• i recognized the voice immediately.

recognize

Verb Forms

1. to know who somebody is or what something is when you see or hear them or it, because you have seen or heard them or it before
• I recognized him as soon as he came in the room.
• Do you recognize this tune?
• You might not recognize the name but you'll know her face.
• I recognized the voice immediately.
• I recognized her by her red hair.
• I recognized him from the photo in the paper.
• He recognized the man as one of the police officers.

Extra Examples

• I immediately recognized the building.
• I recognized them from a television show.
• I vaguely recognized his voice, but couldn't think of his name.
• She recognized the song correctly.
• Stella hardly recognized her brother.
• This is the only species of flamingo in the region, easily recognized by its pink plumage.
• You learn to recognize the calls of different birds.
• I recognized him by the way he walked.
• We barely recognized her—she had changed so much in ten years.
2. to admit or to be aware that something exists or is true
• SYNONYM acknowledge
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• They recognized the need to take the problem seriously.
• Most of us recognize the importance of diet.
• The government does recognize the value of the arts in this country.
• You must recognize the fact that the situation has changed.
• Drugs were not recognized as a problem then.
• Drugs were not recognized to be a problem then.
• Nobody recognized how urgent the situation was.
• We recognized that the task was not straightforward.
• It is widely recognized that driver fatigue is a problem on motorways.
• It was recognized that this solution could only be temporary.

Extra Examples

• The strength of this argument is being increasingly recognized.
• They fully recognize the need to proceed carefully.
• The government has belatedly recognized the danger to health of passive smoking.
• The company should publicly recognize its mistake.
• The company had been slow to recognize the opportunities available to it.
• This issue must be recognized as a priority for the next administration.
• It's important to recognize that obesity isn't necessarily caused by overeating.
• The law clearly recognizes that a company is separate from those who invest in it.
• He readily recognizes the influence of Freud on his thinking.
3. to accept and approve of somebody/something officially
• The UK has refused to recognize the new regime.
• These qualifications are recognized throughout the EU.
• internationally recognized human rights
• The court explicitly recognized the group's right to exist.
• The organization has not been officially recognized as a trade union.
• Such crimes are recognized by international law as crimes against humanity.
• He is recognized to be their natural leader.

Extra Examples

• Criminal law implicitly recognizes a difference between animals and property.
• All rivers should be officially recognized as public rights of way.
• The qualifications are internationally recognized.
4. to be thought of as very good or important by people in general
• The book is now recognized as a classic.
• She's a recognized authority on the subject.

Extra Examples

• The Medway estuary is recognized internationally as a conservation area.
• The 1970s are rightly recognized as a golden era of Hollywood film-making.
5. to give somebody official thanks for something that they have done or achieved
• His services to the state were recognized with the award of a knighthood.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (earliest attested as a term in Scots law): from Old French reconniss-, stem of reconnaistre, from Latin recognoscere ‘know again, recall to mind’, from re- ‘again’ + cognoscere ‘learn’.