verb

recognizing

Translation

to recognise, to acknowledge, to identify

I didn't recognize you at first.

I didn't recognise you at first.

The state does not recognize the treaty.

The state does not recognise the treaty.

We must recognize the importance of this issue.

We must recognise the importance of this issue.

((sb./sth.)) to identify sb./sth. I didn't recognise you at first.

((sth.)) to acknowledge sth. The state does not recognise the treaty.

((that-clause)) to accept that... We must recognise that we are wrong.

Synonyms: identify, acknowledge; Antonyms: ignore, overlook

From Latin 're-' (again) + 'cognoscere' (to know). Meaning 'to know again'.

Think of 're-cognize' as 'to know again'. You see someone and your brain 'knows them again'.