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# recognize

verb (recognizes, recognized, recognizing)

«recognize» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To know someone or something again because you have seen, heard or met it before. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognize/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a character who knows an old friend, a relative or a shadow when they meet again; «Don't you recognize me?»

### Examples

- I recognize your face from the school photo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognize/#x1)
- She recognized her brother's voice at once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognize/#x2)
- Can you recognize the tune? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognize/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «recognize» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognize/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«recognize» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/recognize.html) on Mova free.