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01. Wow, I didn't [recognize] you with your new haircut.
02. I barely [recognized] my friend after she returned from a 3-year trip around the world.
03. Alexander Smith once said that love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the [recognition].
04. Yousef wasn't even [recognizable] after his car accident. He had two black eyes, his head was shaved because he had to get stitches, and his nose was broken and all swollen.
05. No one [recognized] him with his sunglasses on.
06. Averil Coxhead has noted that ESL students who hope to study in college in English need to [recognize] and use words that occur regularly in academic textbooks.
07. Fred Allen once observed that a celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well-known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being [recognized].
08. He had been separated from his wife for over 40 years, but he still [recognized] her the instant he saw her in the airport.
09. Henry Miller once noted that every moment is a golden one for those who have the vision to [recognize] it as such.
10. It has been said that opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't [recognize] them.
11. Charlotte was given a gift by her co-workers in [recognition] of her efforts to get them into the union.
12. The maintenance of an ethnic culture is supported when the community occupies a [recognizable] territory.
13. There is a Greek proverb which states that through sickness, we [recognize] the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through work, the value of rest.
14. Babies have the strongest sense of smell, enabling them to [recognize] their mothers by scent.
15. Although the official language of India is Hindi, there are 14 regional languages that are officially [recognized] for conducting national affairs.
16. Swedish was the official language of Finland until 1863, when the Finnish language was officially [recognized].
17. Steven Biko's intellect, courage and devotion to the black cause in South Africa were [recognized] even by his enemies.
18. In 1988, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat formally [recognized] the existence of the State of Israel.
19. In February of 1974, at the end of an Islamic conference, the government of Pakistan officially [recognized] Bangladesh as an independent nation.
20. In 1535, Cardinal John Fisher was executed at Tower Hill in London after refusing to [recognize] King Henry VIII as supreme head of the Church of England.
21. Seven different nations have made territorial claims on Antarctica, but no other country [recognizes] these claims.
22. Guatemala refused to [recognize] the new nation of Belize until 11 years after the country had achieved independence.
23. Africa is now widely [recognized] as the birthplace of the human species.
24. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has the right to [recognition] everywhere as a person before the law.
25. In 313, Christians were [recognized] by Emperor Constantine as a group entitled to the same rights and protection as other religious groups in the Empire.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • recognize — rec‧og‧nize [ˈrekəgnaɪz, ˈrekən ] also recognise verb [transitive] 1. to know who a person is or what something is, or to know something about them as soon as you see them or hear their name: • How will investors recognize the bottom of the… …   Financial and business terms

  • recognize — [rek′əg nīz΄] vt. recognized, recognizing [altered (infl. by RECOGNIZANCE) < extended stem of OFr reconoistre: see RECOGNIZANCE] 1. to be aware of as something or someone known before, or as the same as that known [to recognize an old friend… …   English World dictionary

  • recognize — rec·og·nize vt nized, niz·ing 1: to acknowledge formally: as a: to admit as being of a particular status recognize a precedent recognize a union; specif: to acknowledge (as a right, cause of action, or defense) as valid b: to admit as being one… …   Law dictionary

  • Recognize — Rec og*nize (r[e^]k [o^]g*n[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recognized} (r[e^]k [o^]g*n[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recognizing} (r[e^]k [o^]g*n[imac] z[i^]ng).] [From {Recognizance}; see {Cognition}, and cf. {Reconnoiter}.] [Written also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • recognize — early 15c., resume possession of land, from M.Fr. reconiss , stem of reconoistre to know again, identify, recognize, from O.Fr., from L. recognoscere acknowledge, recall to mind, know again, examine, certify, from re again (see RE (Cf. re )) +… …   Etymology dictionary

  • recognize — [v1] identify admit, be familiar, button down*, descry, determinate, diagnose, diagnosticate, distinguish, espy, finger*, flash on*, know, know again, make*, make out, nail*, note, notice, observe, peg*, perceive, pinpoint, place, recall,… …   New thesaurus

  • Recognize — Rec og*nize, v. i. (Law) To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars. [Written also {recognise}.] [1913 Webster] Note: In legal usage in the United States the second syllable is often …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • recognize — (Amer.) rec·og·nize || rekÉ™gnaɪz v. identify; identify a person or a thing seen before; acknowledge, know; admit, acknowledge as true (also recognise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • recognize — *acknowledge Analogous words: accept, admit, *receive: notice, note, observe, remark (see SEE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • recognize — recognize, recognition Both words should be pronounced with the g fully articulated …   Modern English usage

  • recognize — (also recognise) ► VERB 1) identify as already known; know again. 2) acknowledge the existence, validity, or legality of. 3) show official appreciation of. DERIVATIVES recognizable adjective. ORIGIN Latin recognoscere, from cognoscere to lea …   English terms dictionary

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