/ˈrekəɡnaɪz/
Translation
To know a person or thing because you have seen them before; American English spells it recognize.
Word origin
From Latin recognoscere, meaning to know again.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- recognoscere
- English cognates
- recognition, cognitive
Grammar
Examples
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"Recognise" means to know a person you have seen before.
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In America the same word is written "recognize".
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"Recognised" is the past form.
Used in
Stories
(1)Grammar articles
(7)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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