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RECOGNISED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does recognised mean?
• RECOGNISED (adjective)
The adjective RECOGNISED has 2 senses:
1. provided with a secure reputation
2. generally approved or compelling recognition
Familiarity information: RECOGNISED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Provided with a secure reputation
Synonyms:
recognised; recognized
Context example:
a recognized authority
Similar:
constituted; established (brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Generally approved or compelling recognition
Synonyms:
accepted; recognised; recognized
Context example:
his recognized superiority in this kind of work
Similar:
acknowledged (recognized or made known or admitted)
Context examples
It was dark, and he could not see it, but he recognised it by the touch.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
But as I stood there she caught a glimpse of me, and I think that she recognised me.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I recognised in an instant that the thief must have come up the stairs from the side door.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Well, who is it?" she asked, in a voice and with a smile I half recognised; "you've not quite forgotten me, I think, Miss Jane?"
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Three major families are recognised, the chaperonins (groEL and hsp60), the hsp70 family and the hsp90 family.
(Chaperone, NCI Thesaurus)
Some defective viruses can produce viral proteins which are recognised by the immune system and then the cells containing the defective virus are eliminated.
(HIV seeks refuge in immune cells to avoid full elimination, SciDev.Net)
The team found that fathers share in traumatic memories of birth with their partners far more than has previously been recognised.
(Prenatal parental stress linked to behaviour problems in toddlers, University of Cambridge)
His face was turned from us, but the instant we saw we all recognised the Count—in every way, even to the scar on his forehead.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
She recognised the whole of Lucy in the message, and was very confident that Edward would never come near them.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
It is not yet clear exactly how many genes these target, but the researchers have identified 191 genes with reasonable confidence; less than one in five of these had been previously recognised.
(Detailed genetic study provides most comprehensive map of risk to date of breast cancer risk, University of Cambridge)
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