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Noun recognition has 8 senses

recognition, acknowledgment, acknowledgement - 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"
--₁ is a kind of acceptance
recognition, identification - the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer"
--₂ is a kind of memory, remembering
--₂ has particulars: identity; speaker identification, talker identification
Derived form: verb recognize₄
recognition, credit - 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"
--₃ is a kind of approval, commendation
--₃ has particulars:
memorial, commemoration, remembrance; ovation, standing ovation; salute, salutation
realization, realisation, recognition - coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases"
--₄ is a kind of understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
recognition - (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape; "molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities"
--₅ is a kind of organic phenomenon
recognition - 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"
--₆ is a kind of diplomacy, diplomatic negotiations
recognition - 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"
--₇ is a kind of credence, acceptance
recognition - 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"
--₈ is a kind of appointment, assignment, designation, naming