RECOGNITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recognition mean? 

• RECOGNITION (noun)
  The noun RECOGNITION has 8 senses:

1. the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

2. the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering

3. approval

4. coming to understand something clearly and distinctly

5. (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape

6. the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country

7. an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid

8. designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body

  Familiarity information: RECOGNITION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECOGNITION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition

Context example:

she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own

Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):

acceptance (the state of being acceptable and accepted)

Attribute:

acknowledged (recognized or made known or admitted)

unacknowledged (not recognized or admitted)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

identification; recognition

Context example:

experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer

Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):

memory; remembering (the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recognition"):

identity (the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known)

speaker identification; talker identification (identification of a person from the sound of their voice)

Derivation:

recognize (perceive to be the same)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Approval

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

credit; recognition

Context example:

give her credit for trying

Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):

approval; commendation (a message expressing a favorable opinion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recognition"):

commemoration; memorial; remembrance (a recognition of meritorious service)

ovation; standing ovation (enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause))

salutation; salute (an act of honor or courteous recognition)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

realisation; realization; recognition

Context example:

increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases

Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):

apprehension; discernment; savvy; understanding (the cognitive condition of someone who understands)

Sense 5

Meaning:

(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Context example:

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

Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):

organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991

Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):

diplomacy; diplomatic negotiations (negotiation between nations)

Sense 7

Meaning:

An acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States

Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):

acceptance; credence (the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman

Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):

appointment; assignment; designation; naming (the act of putting a person into a non-elective position)

 Context examples 

Specifically it refers to the selective removal of a population of undesired cells through recognition and elimination of cells bearing the specified characteristics.

(Negative Selection, NCI Thesaurus)

CD3 is part of the functional T cell receptor (TCR) complex, which is necessary for antigen recognition by T cells, and is required for signal transduction.

(muromonab-CD3, NCI Thesaurus)

This stimulation brought the subjects’ attention back to the unneeded item and interfered with their performance on the recognition test for the item they were asked to focus on.

(Recalling temporary memories, NIH)

The 4-1BB co-stimulatory molecule signaling domain enhances activation and signaling after recognition of CD19.

(Anti-CD19-CAR-CD3zeta-4-1BB-Expressing Allogenic Natural Killer Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

And is it for that, for the recognition and the money, that you now want me?

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The cell surface NKTR Protein is involved in the recognition of tumor cells by large granular lymphocytes, a subpopulation of white blood cells that kill tumor cells by an MHC-independent mechanism.

(NK-Tumor Recognition Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

In this vaccine, MUC1 antigen is conjugated with KLH, an immunostimulant and a hapten carrier, to enhance immune recognition.

(MUC1-KLH Conjugate Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Evidence has been building that the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin are involved in social recognition.

(Oxytocin affects facial recognition, NIH)

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A (ADNI-AVLT Version A) The number of words correct on recognition test.

(ADNI AVLT - List A Recognition Total, NCI Thesaurus)

Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A - The number of words correct on recognition test.

(ADNI AVLT - List A Recognition Total, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)