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Grammar : Verb
Spell : rek-uhg-nahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛk əgˌnaɪz



Definition of recognizing

Origin :
  • early 15c., "resume possession of land," back-formation from recognizance, or else from Old French reconoiss-, stem of reconoistre "to know again, identify, recognize," from Latin recognoscere "acknowledge, recall to mind, know again; examine; certify," from re- "again" (see re-) + cognoscere "know" (see cognizance). Meaning "know again, recall or recover the knowledge of, perceive an identity with something formerly known or felt" first recorded 1530s. Related: Recognized; recognizing.
  • verb identify
  • verb acknowledge, understand;
Example sentences :
  • But, changed as he was, he was not slow in recognizing his old enemy, Robert Rushton.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Not recognizing her, our store detective detained her for a short time.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • I took revenge on you for recognizing me by tormenting you as far as I dared.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • This they use in calling to each other, and it is by recognizing the tone of the voice that they know who is calling.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
  • The Prussians let him come on, recognizing the uniform without any distrust.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • Recognizing me she smiled; but I was in no mood to linger with her.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • Then you intend to keep up this farce of not recognizing her.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • Often when she was hanging on an acquaintance's arm she met him and laughed at him without his recognizing her.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Marianne, recognizing how serious was the transgression, wished to scold him.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • Captain Gardner, recognizing the finality of the tone, sighed and yielded.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

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