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the act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger candidate"

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"

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"

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"

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"

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

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"

the act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger candidate"

the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces".

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

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

A perceiving or knowing a thing to be the same as, or similar to, something previously known; formal acknowledgment or commendation; as, recognition of a brave deed; friendly notice or attention.

Act of recognizing: state of being recognized: recollection: avowal.

The act of recognizing; acknowledgment; salutation.

n. [Latin] Act I recognizing or state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed.