Translation
to acknowledge, to recognise
Word origin
From Latin agnoscere, ad- plus noscere ('to know'). The same noscere gives English cognition, notice and, through Old French, recognise.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- agnoscere
- English cognates
- cognition, notice, recognise
Examples
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He did not want to acknowledge his mistake.
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The country recognised the new government.
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Everyone acknowledges her talent.
English recognise does two jobs and Esperanto splits them. is to identify something you have met before, the face in the crowd. is to admit that something is so - a fault, a claim, a government - and it is the word for the diplomatic sense. The noun agnosko covers both the admission and the formal recognition.
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