recognitions

1. the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledgedExamples: "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work"; "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own"Synonyms: acknowledgement, acknowledgment, recognition

2. the process of recognizing something or someone by rememberingExamples: "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer"Synonyms: identification, recognition

3. approvalExamples: "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"Synonyms: credit, recognition

4. coming to understand something clearly and distinctlyExamples: "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases"Synonyms: realisation, realization, recognition

5. (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shapeExamples: "molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities"Synonyms: recognition

6. the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a countryExamples: "territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991"Synonyms: recognition