recognition — rec‧og‧ni‧tion [ˌrekəgˈnɪʆn] noun [uncountable] 1. MARKETING when people know who a person is or what something is, or know something about them as soon as they see them or hear their name: • We are bigger than most companies and our name… … Financial and business terms
Recognition — (re+cognition) is a process that occurs in thinking when some event, process, pattern, or object recurrs . Thus in order for something to be recognized, it must be familiar. This recurrence allows the recognizer to more properly react, survival… … Wikipedia
récognition — [ rekɔgnisjɔ̃; rekɔɲisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1842; « examen » 1771; « confession » 1430; lat. recognitio « revue, inspection » ♦ Philos. Acte de l esprit qui reconnaît (une chose) en identifiant. ● recognition nom féminin Littéraire. Reconnaissance,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
recognition — rec·og·ni·tion /ˌre kəg ni shən/ n 1: the act, process, or fact of recognizing 2: the state of being recognized Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Recognition — Rec og*ni tion (r[e^]k [o^]g*n[i^]sh [u^]n), n. [L. recognitio: cf. F. recognition. See {Recognizance}.] The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
recognition — recognition, identification, assimilation, apperception are comparable when they designate a form of cognition which relates a perception of something new to knowledge already acquired. Recognition implies that the thing now perceived (as by… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
recognition — recognition; un·recognition; … English syllables
recognition — [n1] identification, acknowledgment acceptance, acknowledging, admission, allowance, apperception, appreciation, apprehending, assimilation, avowal, awareness, cognizance, concession, confession, consciousness, detection, discovery, double take* … New thesaurus
recognition — ► NOUN 1) the action of recognizing or the process of being recognized. 2) appreciation or acknowledgement. 3) (also diplomatic recognition) formal acknowledgement by a country that another political entity fulfils the conditions of statehood … English terms dictionary
recognition — [rek΄əg nish′ən] n. [L recognitio < recognitus, pp. of recognoscere: see RECOGNIZANCE] 1. a) a recognizing or being recognized; acknowledgment; admission, as of a fact b) acknowledgment and approval, gratitude, etc. [in recognition of her… … English World dictionary
