recognise
Definitions
General English
- verb to know someone or something because you have seen him or her or it before
- verb to admit something that has gone wrong or is bad
- verb to approve of something or someone officially
- verb to express praise for something which has been done
Accounting
Aviation
- verb to identify, or to know to be something that has been seen, heard, etc. before
Law
- verb to approve something as being legal
Medical
- verb to see or sense something or someone and remember it from an earlier occasion
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