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recognize
Verb
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If you recognize something, you realize what it is.
I don't recognize him. Is he a friend of yours?
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If something is recognized, it is accepted.
You have to recognize that you can't be right all the time.
The government refused to recognize his passport.
He's generally recognized as the person who made the first radio.
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If something is recognized, it is given an award.
John was recognized for his achievements as a scientist.
similarity
Noun
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When there is a similarity between things, they are the same in one or more ways.
There is a strong similarity between what happened here and what happened at the other schools.
When you look at two groups of people, there is often more similarity than difference between them.
The Indonesians have a style of music that bears a striking similarity to certain Indian music.