Recognized I Recognize ˈrekəɡnaɪz Problem Past Room Important

• i recognized him as soon as he came in the room.
• do you recognize this tune?
• i recognized her by her red hair.
• she was able to identify her attacker.

recognize

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?
• I recognized her by her red hair.
• She was able to identify her attacker.
• I couldn’t see who was speaking, but I knew the voice.
• She knows a bargain when she sees one.
• I recognized him as soon as he came in the room.
• The victim has not yet been named.
• I could just make out a figure in the darkness.
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.
• Drugs were not recognized as a problem then.
• Nobody recognized how urgent the situation was.
• We recognized that the task was not straightforward.
• It was recognized that this solution could only be temporary.
• Drugs were not recognized to be a problem then.
• It was a stupid thing to do, I admit.
• She refuses to acknowledge the need for reform.
• They recognized the need to take the problem seriously.
• He was forced to concede (that) there might be difficulties.
• She was reluctant to confess her ignorance.
3. to accept and approve of somebody/something officially
• recognized qualifications
• The UK has refused to recognize the new regime.
• He is recognized to be their natural leader.
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.
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.

Extra Examples

• All rivers should be officially recognized as public rights of way.
• Criminal law implicitly recognizes a difference between animals and property.
• Do any US states currently recognize gay marriage?
• He readily recognizes the influence of Freud on his thinking.
• He recognized the man as one of the police officers.
• I immediately recognized the building.
• I recognized them from a television show.
• I vaguely recognized his voice, but couldn’t think of his name.
• It’s important to recognize that obesity isn’t necessarily caused by overeating.
• She recognized the song correctly.
• Stella hardly recognized her brother.
• The 1970s are rightly recognized as a golden era of Hollywood film-making.
• The Medway estuary is recognized internationally as a conservation area.
• The company had been slow to recognize the opportunities available to it.
• The company should publicly recognize its mistake.
• The court explicitly recognized the group’s right to exist.
• The estuary is recognized internationally as an important area for wildlife.
• The government has belatedly recognized the danger to health of passive smoking.
• The law clearly recognizes that a company is separate from those who invest in it.
• The strength of this argument is being increasingly recognized.
• They fully recognize the need to proceed carefully.
• This is the only species of flamingo in the region, easily recognized by its pink plumage.
• This issue must be recognized as a priority for the next administration.
• You learn to recognize the calls of different birds.
• I recognized him by the way he walked.
• The qualifications are internationally recognized.
• We barely recognized her—she had changed so much in ten years.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they recognize
• he / she / it recognizes
• past simple recognized
• past participle recognized
• past simple recognizing
• past participle recognizing

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’.