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well-recognized

well-rec·og·nize
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wel rek-uh g-nahyz]
    • /wɛl ˈrɛk əgˌnaɪz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wel rek-uh g-nahyz]
    • /wɛl ˈrɛk əgˌnaɪz/

Definitions of well-recognized word

  • verb with object well-recognized to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him. 1
  • verb with object well-recognized to identify from knowledge of appearance or characteristics: I recognized him from the description. They recognized him as a fraud. 1
  • verb with object well-recognized to perceive as existing or true; realize: to be the first to recognize a fact. 1
  • verb with object well-recognized to acknowledge as the person entitled to speak at a particular time: The Speaker recognized the congressman from Maine. 1
  • verb with object well-recognized to acknowledge formally as entitled to treatment as a political unit: The United States promptly recognized Israel. 1
  • verb with object well-recognized to acknowledge or accept formally a specified factual or legal situation: to recognize a successful revolutionary regime as the de facto government of the country. 1
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Origin of well-recognized

First appearance:

before 1425
One of the 25% oldest English words
1425-75; recogn(ition) + -ize; replacing late Middle English racunnysen, recognisen < Old French reconuiss-, stem of reconuistre < Latin recognōscere, equivalent to re- re- + cognōscere to know1; see cognition

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Parts of speech for Well-recognized

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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well-recognized popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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