recognition
Meanings
- 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"
- 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"
- approval;
- "give her recognition for trying"
- coming to understand something clearly and distinctly;
- "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"
- "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases"
- (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"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
Scrabble Score: 14
recognition is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordrecognition is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
recognition is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
recognition is a valid Words With Friends word