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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body
Example:
he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):
appointment; assignment; designation; naming (the act of putting a person into a non-elective position)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
Example:
experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
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:
Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
Example:
increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases
Synonyms:
realisation; realization; recognition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):
apprehension; discernment; savvy; understanding (the cognitive condition of someone who understands)
Sense 4
Meaning:
An acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
Example:
the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):
acceptance; credence (the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Approval
Example:
give her credit for trying
Synonyms:
credit; recognition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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 6
Meaning:
The explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
Example:
territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("recognition" is a kind of...):
diplomacy; diplomatic negotiations (negotiation between nations)
Sense 7
Meaning:
(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
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 8
Meaning:
The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
Example:
she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own
Synonyms:
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
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)
Context examples:
This allele, which encodes advanced glycosylation end product-specific receptor protein, plays a role in both advanced glycation end product recognition and inflammatory signaling.
(AGER wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Anti-CEA BiTE monoclonal antibody MEDI-565 possesses two antigen-recognition sites, one for CEA and one for the CD3 complex, a group of T cell surface glycoproteins that complex with the T cell receptor (TCR).
(Anti-CEA BiTE Monoclonal Antibody MEDI-565, NCI Thesaurus)
The cytotoxicity of cells depending on antibody recognition.
(Antibody-Mediated Lympholysis, NCI Thesaurus)
The CD28 co-stimulatory molecule signaling domain enhances activation and signaling after recognition of CD19.
(Autologous CD19-28z Chimeric Antigen Receptor-expressing T-lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)
A date of an official approbation, recognition, or acceptance as satisfactory.
(Approval Date, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in DNA recognition and repair.
(APEX2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein plays a role in the recognition of MHC class I antigens by natural killer cells.
(NKG2-C Type II Integral Membrane Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
The unprecedent recognition of the presence of a disease, condition, or injury based on investigation, analysis or tests for signs and symptoms.
(New Diagnosis, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes origin recognition complex subunit protein, plays a role in the mediation of chromatin duplication.
(ORC3L wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein is comprised of the N-terminus of the nucleophosmin protein fused to the DNA-binding domain, ligand binding domain and coactivator recognition site from the retinoic acid receptor alpha protein.
(NPM1/RARA Long Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
