recognise

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: recognise

1	v	perceive to be the same
2	v	accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
3	v	express greetings upon meeting someone

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: recognise

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; identify
consider to be equal or the same; misidentify, mistake
identify incorrectly; type, typecast
identify as belonging to a certain type; taste
distinguish flavors

Type of:: call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

Type of:: cognise, cognize, know
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

Synonyms:: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognize, spot, tell apart

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; honor, honour, reward
bestow honor or rewards upon; rubricate
place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint; drink, pledge, salute, toast, wassail
propose a toast to; dignify, ennoble
confer dignity or honor upon; decorate
award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to

Types:: show 12 types...; hide 12 types...; shake hands
take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation; bob, curtsy
make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect; salute
greet in a friendly way; present, salute
recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position; salute
honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers; hail, herald
greet enthusiastically or joyfully; receive, welcome
bid welcome to; greet upon arrival; say farewell
say good-bye or bid farewell; bid, wish
invoke upon; congratulate, felicitate
express congratulations; salaam
greet with a salaam; dismiss, usher out
end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave

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