What is another word for recognises?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈɛkəɡnˌa͡ɪzɪz] (IPA)

Recognises is a verb which means to acknowledge or identify someone or something. There are various synonyms for recognises such as acknowledge, know, distinguish, identify, realize, perceive, discover, understand, discern, and comprehend. If you recognize something, you identify it as familiar or known to you. To acknowledge means to accept that something exists or is true. Knowing means having information and familiarity with something. Distinguish means to recognize a difference or uniqueness. Realize means to become aware of a fact or situation. Perceive means to become aware of or understand something. Discover means to find something unexpectedly. Understand means to comprehend or know. Discern means to distinguish or perceive something.

What are the hypernyms for Recognises?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Recognises

  • Our Constitution recognises no other power than that of persuasion, for enforcing religious observances.
    Richard Mentor Johnson
  • This constitution recognises the need for social dialogue involving labour and management; it involves trade unions in the decision-making process; it has a social vision founded on social dialogue.
    Jean-Pierre Raffarin
  • Everyone I have spoken with so far recognises the need for the IRA to respond positively and every has said sooner is better than later and I think there is some concern if it does continue to delay much longer that the situation isn't going to remain the same.
    Mitchell Reiss
  • If someone asks you where you get your characters... and they're sure to do that... you always say, "He's a combination of a lot of people I have known." That way, if your character is a damn fool, nobody will want to identify with him... To tell the truth, I don't know how a man gets a character for a story, anymore than I know how he falls in love. I don't know if his characters spring full-blown from his head, or if he sees a man walking down the street and recognises him instantly... I doubt any writer knows for sure where his characters come from.
    Robert E. Howard

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