recognition

noun

1. the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

   noun.state

   Examples

   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.

   Synonyms acknowledgement acknowledgment

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering

   noun.cognition

   Examples

   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.

   Synonyms identification

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. approval

   noun.communication

   Examples

   Give her recognition for trying.

   Synonyms credit

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. coming to understand something clearly and distinctly

   noun.cognition

   Examples

   A sudden recognition of the problem he faced.

   Increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases.

   Synonyms realisation realization

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.phenomenon

   Examples

   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.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.communication

   Examples

   Territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.cognition

   Examples

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

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.act

   Examples

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

   Source: WordNet 3.0

9. The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.

   noun

   Source: webster1913