recognize englanniksi - Sanakirja.org (englanti-englanti)

(transitive) To match something or someone which one currently perceives to a memory of some previous encounter with the same entity.
To cognize again.
(transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of something; treat as valid or worthy of consideration.
(transitive) To acknowledge or consider as something.
(transitive) To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in; realize or admit that.
(transitive) To give an award.
To show appreciation of.
(obsolete) To review; to examine again.
(obsolete) To reconnoiter.

He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days, and he felt a genuine thrill of pleasure when he recognized the red bandana turban of old Aunt Lyddy, the ancient negro woman who had sold him gingerbread and fried fish, and told him weird tales of witchcraft and conjuration, in the old days when, as an idle boy, he had loafed about the market-house.
The US and a number of EU countries are expected to recognize Kosovo on Monday.
In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
to recognize services by a testimonial

Partisiipin perfekti	recognized	Partisiipin perfekti	recogniz'd (vanhentunut)
Imperfekti	recognized	Imperfekti	recogniz'd (vanhentunut)
Partisiipin preesens	recognizing	Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens	recognizes

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