recognition
/ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/ noun B2- The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity). · He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.
- Acceptance as valid or true. · The law was a recognition of their civil rights.
- Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.
- Honour, favourable note, or attention. · The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.
- The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.
- A return of the feu to the superior.
Plural recognitions
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It is expected that a testimonial of some sort will be presented to the two officers as a fitting recognition of their services.”
so the marked absence of any tribute or recognition from Diana Barry who was sitting with Gertie Pye embittered Anne’s little triumph.
Since the day by the pond when she had refused to listen to his plea for forgiveness, Gilbert, save for the aforesaid determined rivalry, had evinced no recognition whatever of the existence of Anne Shirley.
They had met and passed each other on the street a dozen times without any sign of recognition and every time Anne had held her head a little higher and wished a little more earnestly that she had made friends with Gilbert when he asked her, and vowed a little more determinedly to surpass him in the examination.
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