recognize

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛk.əɡ.naɪz/, /ˈɹɛk.ɪɡ.naɪz/, (sometimes proscribed) /ˈɹɛk.ən.aɪz/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɹekənɑɪz/, /ˈɹekəɡnɑɪz/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French reconoistre, from Old French reconoistre, from Latin recognoscere, first attested in the 16th century. Displaced native English acknow (“to recognize, perceive as”), compare German erkennen and Swedish erkänna. Latin had rare recognizare (“to try by jury”).

Alternative forms

• recognise (non-Oxford British English)

Verb

recognize (third-person singular simple present recognizes, present participle recognizing, simple past and past participle recognized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
2. (transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.

3. (transitive, or with clause) To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property).

4. (transitive) To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in.
5. (transitive) To show formal appreciation of, as with an award, commendation etc.

6. (obsolete) To review; to examine again.
7. (obsolete) To reconnoiter.
8. (immunology) To have the property to bind to specific antigens.

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Etymology 2

From re- +‎ cognize.

Alternative forms

• re-cognize

Verb

recognize (third-person singular simple present recognizes, present participle recognizing, simple past and past participle recognized) (North American and Oxford British spelling)

1. to cognize again