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RECOGNIZE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority

Example:

We do not recognize your gods

Synonyms:

acknowledge; know; recognise; recognize

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "recognize" is one way to...):

accept (consider or hold as true)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perceive to be the same

Synonyms:

recognise; recognize

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "recognize" is one way to...):

call back; call up; recall; recollect; remember; retrieve; think (recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection)

"Recognize" entails doing...:

know (be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recognize"):

identify (consider to be equal or the same)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

recognition (the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be fully aware or cognizant of

Synonyms:

agnise; agnize; realise; realize; recognise; recognize

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "recognize" is one way to...):

cognise; cognize; know (be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recognize"):

know (know the nature or character of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 4

Meaning:

Express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for

Example:

We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us

Synonyms:

acknowledge; recognise; recognize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "recognize" is one way to...):

give thanks; thank (express gratitude or show appreciation to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recognize"):

appreciate (recognize with gratitude; be grateful for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Express greetings upon meeting someone

Synonyms:

greet; recognise; recognize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "recognize" is one way to...):

accost; address; come up to (speak to someone)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recognize"):

shake hands (take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation)

bob; curtsy (make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect)

salute (greet in a friendly way)

present; salute (recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position)

salute (honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers)

hail; herald (greet enthusiastically or joyfully)

receive; welcome (bid welcome to; greet upon arrival)

say farewell (say good-bye or bid farewell)

bid; wish (invoke upon)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 6

Meaning:

Detect with the senses

Example:

I can't make out the faces in this photograph

Synonyms:

discern; distinguish; make out; pick out; recognise; recognize; spot; tell apart

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

"Recognize" entails doing...:

comprehend; perceive (to become aware of through the senses)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recognize"):

resolve (make clearly visible)

discriminate (distinguish)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 7

Meaning:

Grant credentials to

Example:

recognize an academic degree

Synonyms:

accredit; recognise; recognize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "recognize" is one way to...):

certify; licence; license (authorize officially)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 8

Meaning:

Show approval or appreciation of

Example:

The best student was recognized by the Dean

Synonyms:

recognise; recognize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "recognize" is one way to...):

appreciate; prize; treasure; value (hold dear)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recognize"):

honor; honour; reward (bestow honor or rewards upon)

rubricate (place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 9

Meaning:

Exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate)

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "recognize" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

A monoclonal antibody recognizing human mucin, a cell surface antigen encoded by the MUC-1 gene.

(Anti-MUC-1 Monoclonal Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

There are two histologic variants recognized: the hyaline-vascular type and the plasma cell type.

(Angiofollicular Lymphoid Hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

A direct cytotoxic T-cell attack on graft cells can be made only by T cells that recognize the graft MHC molecules directly.

(Allograft Rejection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

It increases the ability of the immune system to recognize cancer cells and kill them.

(Allovectin-7, NCI Dictionary)

People may not recognize family members or have trouble speaking, reading or writing.

(Alzheimer's Disease, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

Every word she recognized as true.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Upon transfusion, the anti-CD19-CAR FMC63-28Z retroviral vector-transduced allogeneic T lymphocytes specifically recognize and kill CD19-expressing tumor cells.

(Anti-CD19-CAR FMC63-28Z Retroviral Vector-transduced Allogeneic T-lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

An immunotoxin consisting of two scFv ligands recognizing human CD19 and CD22 linked to the first 389 amino acids of diphtheria toxin (DT), DT 390, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Anti-CD19/Anti-CD22 Bispecific Immunotoxin DT2219ARL, NCI Thesaurus)

These genetically modified TIL may recognize and halt the growth of gp100-expressing melanoma cells.

(Anti-gp100 TCR Retroviral Vector-Transduced Autologous TIL, NCI Thesaurus)

These genetically modified PBL may recognize and halt the growth of gp100-expressing melanoma cells.

(Anti-gp100 TCR Retroviral Vector-Transduced Autologous PBL, NCI Thesaurus)