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recognition Noun

— Recognition is the act of recognizing somebody or something. The man had been dead so long, his body was beyond recognition. Children with strong word-recognition skills tend to be strong readers. Computers are getting much better at facial recognition. — Recognition of something is an acceptance of it. The group cannot continue its work without international recognition. There is a general recognition of the importance of religious freedom for all people. — If someone receives recognition for the things that they have done, people say that those things are good or important. His writing has received both local and international recognition and awards.

recognition

— noun (= acknowledgment, acknowledgement) the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged 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 — noun the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering 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 — noun (= credit) approval give her recognition for trying he was given credit for his work give her credit for trying — noun (= realization, realisation) coming to understand something clearly and distinctly 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 — noun an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States — noun the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991 — noun designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman — noun (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape 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

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Simple sentences

The body had burned beyond recognition.

She gave me a smile of recognition.

The social structure has changed beyond recognition.

He gave me a smile of recognition.

Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

Everybody wants recognition.

It is not easy to find recognition.

Admiration is our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of his accomplishments and his contributions to the space program.

Tom was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of his work.

I don't want admiration, just recognition.

Contradiction is always a sign of recognition.

When you speak of a pay-raise before recognition, I am inclined to think you are putting the cart before the horse.

The world has paid due recognition to her ability.

The body was burned beyond recognition.

Please use automatic speech recognition!

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The government expresses its gratitude and recognition.

No, no, I mean, in recognition of my many years of service with the railroad, you have presented me with these ties.

Your recognition brings tears to my eyes and makes my voice tremble.

Now, that's recognition.

This may bring you the recognition which has long been due to you.

It's the recognition of my fellow man.

However, I don't need to remind you that the pleasure of such an acquaintance depends upon the recognition by all parties of the fact that Miss Mapen is now my wife.

I believe I'll arrange a nice little bonus for you, in recognition of your cooperation.

A strange sense of fear for which he could not account. came over him at the sight of Basil Hallward. and prevented him from making any sign of recognition.

Just what blow you struck for women's rights or what have you. I am sure I don't know. but you certainly have fouled us up beyond all recognition.

We wish to claim full recognition of the Peralta land grant.

Recognition of the Peralta grant.

I accuse the government of costing us the hatred, suspicion and distrust. of the people living on our land. by the deliberate delay of the recognition of our claim.

It is French recognition signal, capitan.

In recognition of your valiant services, I pronounce you a knight of the realm.

A man that has served as well as he has is entitled to recognition.

If this concerto is successful. it could mean international recognition of all your work.

Whenever there was a funeral of some old chap in the neighborhood they dug up the body and dressed it in the clothes of all their members, then they staged a fake death and mutilated the body beyond all recognition.

You know Mrs. Courtney, people generally forget, you know assuming your disguise, that the shape of the ear is almost an infallible means of recognition and identification to the trained eye.

They'll secure the recognition we need for our colony.

I am sure I don't know. but you certainly have fouled us up beyond all recognition.

You've idealized that poor dead woman beyond all recognition.

Their sign of recognition.

Dear friends, I would like to express all the joy I feel and the recognition I owe to our Mayor for inviting me to this ceremony.

You ask me for recognition.

And you cannot get it without first obtaining my recognition.

Who has never had recognition or his name in the newspapers.

A recognition.

In recognition of your good marks. The calendar is entrusted to your care.

You'll get recognition.

He gave it to your family in recognition of their good works.

In recognition of his achievement and efforts I am arranging for you to succeed your father's title.

I mean not only recognition, but the warmth and friendship.

That's their recognition signal.

I said I'd get recognition!

As a token of our recognition and gratitude. I have the privilege to offer you a sealed envelope. the content of which you may spend in any way you like. In the way that will give you the most satisfaction.

In recognition of your devoted services.

Come next Friday, around midnight in front of the Church Saint-Nicolas of Meudon. This ring will be your recognition sign.

News and current affairs

With mutual recognition, the EU and the US would accept each other's standards or conformity-assessment procedures, allowing firms to adhere to the less stringent requirements in each area.

Indeed, our research shows that when mutual-recognition agreements include restrictive rules of origin, intra-regional trade increases - at the expense of trade with other countries - and that developing countries tend to suffer most.

In fact, excessively constraining rules of origin have proved problematic for some of the EU's previous recognition agreements, such as those governing professional-services standards.

First, they could allow all countries to reap the benefits of a bilateral mutual-recognition deal by agreeing not to impose restrictive rules of origin.

And, as we have seen in many countries' efforts to ameliorate the crisis, the non-cooperative protectionist response is much more likely to be adopted - despite wide recognition that it is highly destructive - when aggregate demand is in short supply.

But the objectives of the use of force need to be linked to the recognition that in today's asymmetric conflicts, victory is no longer achieved on the battlefield.

If the EU builds its foreign and security policy on the basis of recognition of this truth, many of today's divisions will disappear.

In other words, we must act in accordance with the recognition that climate change and its effects on people in both rich and poor countries remains a threat to global security.

For the first time in history, a global techno-market order is transforming the world of finance, business, politics and, indeed, physiology, beyond recognition.

It is in recognition of this fact that German conservatives strive, for example, to strike a balance between economy and ecology.

The EU was founded in recognition that certain goals could only be achieved through cooperation.

Obama's recognition of America's limitations is not a sign of cowardly pessimism, but of realistic wisdom.

Recognition of these central realities - and bipartisanship in addressing them - is critical for America's future, and that of the West.

Legitimacy is even more problematic regarding recognition, which implies a feeling of community and attachment.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that, if the latest peace talks collapse, he will press for UN recognition of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders.

The game is to use international recognition of an independent Palestinian state to pressure the US to retreat from its almost unconditional support for Israeli policy.

They are, instead, two sides of the same coin. The EU was founded in recognition that certain goals could only be achieved through cooperation.

All Arab nations have agreed to full recognition of Israel if it will comply with key United Nations resolutions.

But, perhaps as a consequence of concerted efforts to improve the recognition of bipolar disorder, during the past few years we have observed the emergence of an opposite phenomenon - over-diagnosis.

This bias is reinforced by the marketing message of pharmaceutical companies to physicians, which has emphasized research on delayed diagnosis and under-recognition of bipolar disorder, possibly sensitizing clinicians accordingly.

And yet he controversially but rightly held out a hand of friendship to the breakaway region of Somaliland, before it became fashionable, and went as far as he could short of formal re-recognition of that ray of democratic hope in the Horn of Africa.

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