1. Provided with a secure reputation
   "a recognised authority"
   - recognized 
2. Generally approved or compelling recognition
   - accepted, recognized

1. Show approval or appreciation of
   "My work is not recognised by anybody!"; "The best student was recognised by the Dean"
   - recognize 
2. Grant credentials to
   - accredit, recognize 
3. Detect with the senses
   - spot, recognize, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart 
4. Express greetings upon meeting someone
   - greet, recognize 
5. Express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for
   - acknowledge, recognize 
6. Be fully aware or cognizant of
   - recognize, realize, realise [Brit], agnize, agnise [Brit] 
7. Perceive to be the same
   - recognize 
8. Accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
   - acknowledge, recognize, know 
9. Exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate)
   - recognize

See also: acknowledged, constituted, established

Type of: accept, accost, address, appreciate, be, call back, call up, certify, cognise [Brit], cognize, come up to, give thanks, know, licence [Brit, Cdn], license, nobble [Brit], prise [Brit, Cdn], prize, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, thank, think, treasure, value

Encyclopedia: Recognise

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