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recognition (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
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RECOGNITION, contracts(law)
pattern recognition(medicine)

recognition (iou)



recognition noun. L15.
[Latin recognitio(n-), from recognit- pa. ppl stem of recognoscere RECOGNOSCE: see -ION.]
Scots Law. The repossession of land by a feudal superior, esp. on account of a crime committed by a vassal or on account of the vassal selling land without the superior's consent. L15-M18.
Law (now Hist.). A form of inquest by jury used in early Norman England. L15.
The acknowledgement or admission of a service, achievement, ability, etc.; appreciation; acclaim. L15.
Nature Boyle received the Flavelle Medal..in recognition of his researches. A. J. Cronin I've had some..recognition..my paintings are in the Municipal Gallery. Woman I have done special..courses yet there's no recognition for this.
gen. The action or an act of recognizing a person or thing; the fact of being recognized. E16.
J. B. Priestley Delighted recognition lit up his face. 'Ello, I know you!' P. Ackroyd Perhaps..stars..came into existence in recognition of our wishes. G. Daly She wanted marriage and the recognition that came with it.
b. The formal acknowledgement by subjects of a monarch etc., esp. in a British coronation ceremony. M16.
c. In international law, the process by which a State declares that another political entity fulfils the conditions of Statehood and acknowledges its willingness to deal with it as a member of the international community. E19.
d. Psychology. The mental process whereby things are identified as having been previously apprehended or as belonging to a known category. L19.
Phrases: beyond recognition, beyond all recognition, out of recognition, out of all recognition to such a degree as to be unrecognizable.
Comb.: recognition colour, recognition mark a conspicuous patch of colour on an animal or bird, believed to serve as a means of recognition to others of the same species; recognition picketing US the picketing of an employer to obtain union recognition; recognition signal Military a prearranged signal used for mutual identification.