recognition English · revision 4987

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1450|origins=la recognitio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌrek.əɡˈnɪʃ.ən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|recognicion]], [[bor|frm|recognition]] and directly from [[la|recognitiō|t=a reviewing, examination]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from recognit-, past participle stem of recognōscere “to acknowledge, know again; examine”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) the source of [[recognize]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Knowledge of an event, understanding: about 1450 in Barnhart, the mid-15th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) In Scots law, the resumption of lands by a feudal lord, 1473 in the OED.^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Acknowledgement of a person's right to property is from about 1460.^(Barnhart 1988) Revision of a text is from 1568, now obsolete.^(OED 1989) Acknowledgement of a service or kindness is from the 1560s (1570 in the OED),^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and acknowledgement as true or valid from 1570 in Barnhart and 1597 in the OED.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) Formal acknowledgement of a sovereign, or between governments, is from the 1590s,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and of a country's independence from 1824.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Knowing again, identifying someone or something seen before, is from 1798, in Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The ''recognition scene'' of drama is by 1837.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1450 – knowledge.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1473 – Scots law.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1570 – acknowledgement as valid.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1590s – formal acknowledgement of a sovereign.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1798 – knowing again.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1824 – recognition of a state.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of knowing someone or something because one has seen or heard them before.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Acceptance that something is true, legal or important.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Public [[praise]] and thanks for someone's work.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Formal acceptance of a government or country by another.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[recognitory]]

+ * [[recognitional]]

+ * [[self-recognition]]

+ * [[nonrecognition]]

+ * [[optical character recognition]]

+ * [[speech recognition]]

+ * [[pattern recognition]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[recognize]]

+ * [[cognition]]

+ * [[recognizance]]

+ * [[know]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}