Found 2 items, similar to recognition.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: recognition recognition n 1: 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” [syn: acknowledgment, acknowledgement] 2: 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” [syn: identification] 3: approval; “give her recognition for trying”; “he was given credit for his work”; “give her credit for trying”; “the credits were given at the end of the film” [syn: credit] 4: coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; “a growing realization of the risk involved”; “a sudden recognition of the problem he faced”; “increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases” [syn: realization, realisation] 5: (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” 6: 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” 7: 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” 8: 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”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Recognition 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 Webster] The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of God. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]