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{ "term": "recognize", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "recognize", "heSheIt": "recognizes" }, "pastSimple": "recognized", "pastParticiple": "recognized", "ingForm": "recognizing" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to know who somebody is or what something is when you see or hear them or it, because you have seen or heard them or it before", "sensetop": "recognize somebody/somethingrecognize somebody/something by somethingrecognize somebody/something from somethingrecognize somebody/something as something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I recognized him as soon as he came in the room.", "contextForm": "recognize somebody/something" }, { "text": "Do you recognize this tune?" }, { "text": "You might not recognize the name but you'll know her face." }, { "text": "I recognized the voice immediately." }, { "text": "I recognized her by her red hair.", "contextForm": "recognize somebody/something by something" }, { "text": "I recognized him from the photo in the paper.", "contextForm": "recognize somebody/something from something" }, { "text": "He recognized the man as one of the police officers.", "contextForm": "recognize somebody/something as something" }, { "text": "I immediately recognized the building." }, { "text": "I recognized them from a television show." }, { "text": "I vaguely recognized his voice, but couldn't think of his name." }, { "text": "She recognized the song correctly." }, { "text": "Stella hardly recognized her brother." }, { "text": "This is the only species of flamingo in the region, easily recognized by its pink plumage." }, { "text": "You learn to recognize the calls of different birds." }, { "text": "I recognized him by the way he walked." }, { "text": "We barely recognized her—she had changed so much in ten years." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["immediately", "instantly", "correctly"], "verb + recognize": ["learn to", "be easy to"], "preposition": ["as", "by", "from"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to admit or to be aware that something exists or is true", "sensetop": "recognize somethingrecognize something as somethingrecognize somebody/something to be/have somethingrecognize how, what, etc…recognize that…it is recognized that…", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "They **recognized the need** to take the problem seriously.", "contextForm": "recognize something" }, { "text": "Most of us **recognize the importance** of diet." }, { "text": "The government does **recognize the value** of the arts in this country." }, { "text": "You must **recognize the fact** that the situation has changed." }, { "text": "Lead paint was recognized as a problem nearly 50 years ago.", "contextForm": "recognize something as something" }, { "text": "Lead paint was recognized to be a problem nearly 50 years ago.", "contextForm": "recognize somebody/something to be/have something" }, { "text": "Nobody recognized how urgent the situation was.", "contextForm": "recognize how, what, etc…" }, { "text": "We recognized that the task was not straightforward.", "contextForm": "recognize that…" }, { "text": "It is **widely recognized** that driver fatigue is a problem on motorways.", "contextForm": "it is recognized that…" }, { "text": "It was recognized that this solution could only be temporary." }, { "text": "The strength of this argument is being increasingly recognized." }, { "text": "They fully recognize the need to proceed carefully." }, { "text": "The company should publicly recognize its mistake." }, { "text": "The company had been slow to recognize the opportunities available to it." }, { "text": "This issue must be recognized as a priority for the next administration." }, { "text": "It's important to recognize that obesity isn't necessarily caused by overeating." }, { "text": "The law clearly recognizes that a company is separate from those who invest in it." }, { "text": "He readily recognizes the influence of Freud on his thinking." } ], "synonyms": "acknowledge", "collocations": { "adverb": ["clearly", "fully", "belatedly"], "verb + recognize": ["must", "need to", "begin to"], "preposition": ["as"], "phrases": [ "be commonly recognized", "be generally recognized", "be universally recognized" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to accept and approve of somebody/something officially", "sensetop": "recognize somebody/somethingbe recognized as somebody/somethingbe recognized to be/have something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The UK has refused to recognize the new regime.", "contextForm": "recognize somebody/something" }, { "text": "These qualifications are recognized throughout the EU." }, { "text": "**internationally recognized** human rights" }, { "text": "The court explicitly **recognized the** group's **right** to exist." }, { "text": "The organization has not been **officially recognized** as a trade union.", "contextForm": "be recognized as somebody/something" }, { "text": "Such crimes are recognized by international law as crimes against humanity." }, { "text": "He is recognized to be their natural leader.", "contextForm": "be recognized to be/have something" }, { "text": "Criminal law implicitly recognizes a difference between animals and property." }, { "text": "All rivers should be officially recognized as public rights of way." }, { "text": "The qualifications are internationally recognized." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["clearly", "federally", "formally"], "verb + recognize": ["agree to", "refuse to"], "preposition": ["as"], "phrases": ["be legally recognized", "a refusal to recognize something"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to be thought of as very good or important by people in general", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The book is now recognized as a classic." }, { "text": "She's a recognized authority on the subject." }, { "text": "The Medway estuary is recognized internationally as a conservation area." }, { "text": "The 1970s are rightly recognized as a golden era of Hollywood film-making." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to give somebody official thanks for something that they have done or achieved", "sensetop": "recognize somebody/something", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "His services to the state were recognized with the award of a knighthood." } ], "topics": ["Success"] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈrekəɡnaɪz/", "audio": "re/recognize/recognize__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈrekəɡnaɪzɪz/", "audio": "re/recognize/recognizes__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈrekəɡnaɪzd/", "audio": "re/recognize/recognized__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈrekəɡnaɪzɪŋ/", "audio": "re/recognize/recognizing__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈrekəɡnaɪz/", "audio": "re/recognize/recognize__us_3.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈrekəɡnaɪzɪz/", "audio": "re/recognize/recognizes__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈrekəɡnaɪzd/", "audio": "re/recognize/recognized__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈrekəɡnaɪzɪŋ/", "audio": "re/recognize/recognizing__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (earliest attested as a term in Scots law): from Old French reconniss-, stem of reconnaistre, from Latin recognoscere ‘know again, recall to mind’, from re- ‘again’ + cognoscere ‘learn’." }