0 to know someone or something because you have seen or heard him or her or experienced it before: --
1 to accept that something is legal, true, or important: --
The Queen recognized his services to his country by awarding him an MBE.
You must recognize the seriousness of the problems we are facing.
[ + (that) ] He sadly recognized (that) he would die childless.
The international community has refused to recognize (= officially accept the existence of) the newly independent nation state.
2 to know someone or something because you have seen or experienced that person or thing before: --
3 to accept that something is true, important, or legal: --
[ T ] With this medal, we would like to recognize Lynn Jennings for excellence in women’s running.
[ + that clause ] He recognized that it was unlikely he would ever see her again.
[ T ] We recognize the problems you’ve faced and sympathize with you.
4 to know what something is because you have seen it before, or because you have heard or read about it: --
5 to accept that something is true or important: --
recognize that They failed to recognize that more investment was needed.
We need to recognize the value of staff training and development.
Let us now consider why it suffices to recognize just one verbal suffix that forms participles.
A crucial precondition for getting this right is recognizing that a verbal element carries tense.
But, unlike them, she recognizes race even as she seeks to transcend it.
As such, we recognize objects 'as' trees or mountains or tombs.
Thus, both architecturally and socially, the aggrandizement played out in a way that recognized local needs alongside monarchical ones.
It is recognized that this monocusp does not last for very long, in that it tends to adhere to the outflow patch.
It is important to recognize that none of these forms of classification is itself straightforward.
It is plain that straightforward maximizers who are recognized as such will not do well in healthcare (or generally any other) environments.