Synonyms for recognise
ˈrɛk əgˌnaɪzrecog·nise

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1. recognize, recogniseverb

   show approval or appreciation of

   "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean"

   Synonyms:
   know, realize, tell apart, agnize, spot, realise, acknowledge, distinguish, recognize, accredit, pick out, greet, agnise, discern, make out

2. accredit, recognize, recogniseverb

   grant credentials to

   "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, realize, realise, recognize, know, credit, agnise, pick out, agnize, greet, distinguish, make out, discern, spot, accredit, acknowledge

3. spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apartverb

   detect with the senses

   "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

   Synonyms:
   discern, bang, have it away, screw, acknowledge, deal, grapple, get along, choose, distinguish, greet, make love, discover, do, jazz, key, love, roll in the hay, separate, cut, neck, be intimate, signalize, accredit, name, pick out, eff, bonk, make do, spot, bed, do it, mark, have intercourse, realize, make out, manage, have sex, tell apart, select, secern, take, fill out, fill in, have a go at it, key out, tell, agnise, describe, secernate, sleep with, agnize, blemish, identify, contend, issue, fleck, hump, get laid, severalize, descry, have it off, sleep together, get by, signalise, write out, spy, cope, recognize, severalise, know, come, get it on, differentiate, complete, blot, fare, lie with, espy, realise, blob

4. greet, recognize, recogniseverb

   express greetings upon meeting someone

   Synonyms:
   know, realize, tell apart, agnize, spot, realise, acknowledge, distinguish, accredit, pick out, greet, recognize, discern, make out, agnise

5. acknowledge, recognize, recogniseverb

   express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for

   "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, admit, notice, realize, realise, recognize, know, agnise, pick out, agnize, receipt, greet, distinguish, make out, discern, spot, accredit, acknowledge

6. recognize, recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agniseverb

   be fully aware or cognizant of

   Synonyms:
   greet, actualize, see, actualise, realize, realise, gain, recognize, earn, know, clear, agnise, pick out, take in, pull in, bring in, agnize, substantiate, understand, distinguish, tell apart, make out, discern, spot, accredit, make, acknowledge

7. recognize, recogniseverb

   perceive to be the same

   Synonyms:
   know, realize, tell apart, agnize, spot, realise, acknowledge, distinguish, recognize, accredit, pick out, greet, agnise, discern, make out

8. acknowledge, recognize, recognise, knowverb

   accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority

   "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, distinguish, have intercourse, experience, have a go at it, have sex, spot, bed, cognise, know, get laid, make love, bonk, agnise, acknowledge, greet, love, agnize, admit, pick out, eff, live, sleep together, notice, realise, do it, accredit, lie with, make out, discern, be intimate, recognize, jazz, sleep with, hump, receipt, screw, have it off, have it away, get it on, cognize, bang, realize, roll in the hay

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1. • Accept
   • Address
   • Appreciate
   • Know
   • License
   • Remember
   • Thank

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1. List of paraphrases for "recognise":

   acknowledge, recognize, admit, realise, recognised, recognition, recognising, confess, recognizing, accept, recognized, concede, understand, appreciate, acknowledged

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1. Pope Francis:

   A very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming of the climatic system, humanity is called to recognise the need for changes of lifestyle, production and consumption, in order to combat this warming or at least the human causes which produce or aggravate it.

2. George Georgakopoulos:

   Renewing the 48-hour strikes is what we have in mind, we recognise there is an inconvenience for passengers and that is why we ask the government to resolve the matter the soonest.

3. Sam McConkey:

   We're very good at socializing in Ireland, we have to recognise that our socializing is culturally specific, and different between countries... In Spain and Portugal you eat outside at 10 o'clock at night -- in Ireland, we squash into crowded restaurants.

4. Nisha Varia:

   The Indonesian armed forces should recognise that harmful and humiliating 'virginity tests' on women recruits do nothing to strengthen national security, president Joko Widodo should set the military straight and immediately abolish the requirement and prevent all military hospitals from administering it.

5. Mike Coffin:

   Listed companies have started to acknowledge the risk of sanctioning stranded assets; the risks for governments are similar, but with outcomes that will impact hundreds of millions of people, whether or not individual petrostates care about the physical effects of climate change, they must recognise the impact falling fossil fuel income will have on their economies and take action to diversify.