recognize - Wiktionary, the free dictionary recognize (third-person singular simple present recognizes, present participle recognizing, simple past and past participle recognized) (American spelling, Oxford British English) (transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing synonym quotations Synonym: place
Recognize - definition of recognize by The Free Dictionary She didn't recognize me at first Doctors are trained to recognize the symptoms of depression If you recognize something such as a problem, you accept that it exists Governments are beginning to recognize the problem We recognize this as a genuine need
recognize - WordReference. com Dictionary of English to acknowledge or accept formally a specified factual or legal situation: to recognize a successful revolutionary regime as the de facto government of the country
American Heritage Dictionary Entry: recognize To know or identify from past experience or knowledge: recognize hostility 3 To perceive or show acceptance of the validity or reality of: recognizes the concerns of the tenants 4 To permit to address a meeting: The club's president recognized the new member 5 To accept officially the national status of as a new government 6