Main entry: recognition
Definition: designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body
Usage: he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman
Main entry: recognition, identification
Definition: the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
Usage: 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
Main entry: realisation, realization, recognition
Definition: coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
Usage: a growing realization of the risk involved; a sudden recognition of the problem he faced; increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases
Main entry: recognition
Definition: an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
Usage: the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States
Main entry: credit, recognition
Definition: approval
Usage: give her recognition for trying; he was given credit for his work; give her credit for trying
Main entry: recognition
Definition: the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
Usage: territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991
Main entry: recognition
Definition: (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
Usage: 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
Main entry: recognition, acknowledgement, acknowledgment
Definition: the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
Usage: 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