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# recognized

verb, past and past participle of «recognize» (recognize, recognizes, recognized, recognizing); adjective (recognized); UK spelling usually recognised

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

## Everyday

1. Knew who someone was or what something was because you had seen or heard it before. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognized/#m1)
2. Accepted or admitted that something is true: «He recognized his mistake». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognized/#m2)
3. (adjective) Officially accepted, as in «a recognized qualification» or «a recognized country». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognized/#m3)
4. Showed thanks for or praised someone's work: «She was recognized for her bravery». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognized/#m4)

### In the lessons

In stories, characters recognize old friends or voices; in history, countries are recognized by others; at school, pupils are recognized for good work.

### Examples

- I recognized my teacher in the supermarket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognized/#x1)
- Mole recognized the smell of his old home at once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognized/#x2)
- She recognized her mistake and said sorry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognized/#x3)
- The firefighter was recognized for his courage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognized/#x4)
- It is a recognized school subject. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognized/#x5)
- Nobody recognized Toad in the washerwoman's clothes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognized/#x6)
- He recognized the song after two notes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognized/#x7)
- The Dog immediately recognized Pinocchio’s voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognized/#x8)

### Note

US spelling -ize; UK usually -ise: recognised. Say: REK-ug-nized. Do not drop the g: not «reconized».

## On Mova

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