recognition

n 1: the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

[syn: {acknowledgment}, {acknowledgement}]

2: the process of recognizing something or someone by

remembering [syn: {identification}]

3: approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given

credit for his work"; "it is to her credit that she

tried"; "the credits were given at the end of the film"

[syn: {credit}]

4: coming to understand something by thinking about it; "a

growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden

consciousness of the problem he faced" [syn: {realization},

{realisation}]

5: the act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger

candidate" [syn: {preferment}]