0 present participle of acknowledge --
1 to accept, admit, or recognize something, or the truth or existence of something: --
The government won't even acknowledge the existence of the problem.
He didn't even acknowledge my presence (= show that he had seen me).
They refused to acknowledge (= to recognize officially) the new government.
[ + obj + to infinitive ] She is usually acknowledged to be one of our best artists.
Historians generally acknowledge her as a genius in her field.
[ + that ] She acknowledged that she had been at fault.
[ + -ing verb ] She acknowledged having been at fault.
Probably, in some cases, they explicitly drew their inspiration from that source, although not acknowledging it openly.
Acknowledging the possibility of negative scenarios, experts attached greater likelihood to positive ones.
Overall, this report is both comprehensive and useful, while acknowledging that pension reforms can only really be judged successful over a relatively long time horizon.
I knew that signing the form was my way of acknowledging that she was dying.
Acknowledging the feelings of remorse, anger, guilt, inadequacy, humiliation, and fear is the first step toward resolution and an important prerequisite for the other steps.
This tends to focus on the link between past experiences and the present situation, whilst acknowledging the unconscious forces affecting the client's behaviour.
However, the legal field of divorce, and any other type of legal field, cannot be fully grasped without acknowledging the role of formal law.
Nor are we simply acknowledging the comments as potential weaknesses to our proposals.
