Verb

• S: (v) recognize, recognise (show approval or appreciation of) "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean"
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• S: (v) accredit, recognize, recognise (grant credentials to) "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree"
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• S: (v) spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart (detect with the senses) "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
• S: (v) greet, recognize, recognise (express greetings upon meeting someone)
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• S: (v) shake hands (take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation)
• S: (v) curtsy, bob (make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect) "She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand"
• S: (v) salute (greet in a friendly way) "I meet this men every day on my way to work and he salutes me"
• S: (v) salaam (greet with a salaam)
• S: (v) salute, present (recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position) "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute"
• S: (v) salute (honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers)
• S: (v) hail, herald (greet enthusiastically or joyfully)
• S: (v) welcome, receive (bid welcome to; greet upon arrival)
• S: (v) say farewell (say good-bye or bid farewell)
• S: (v) dismiss, usher out (end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave) "I was dismissed after I gave my report"
• S: (v) wish, bid (invoke upon) "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell"
• S: (v) congratulate, felicitate (express congratulations)
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• S: (v) acknowledge, recognize, recognise (express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for) "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us"
• S: (v) recognize, recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agnise (be fully aware or cognizant of)
• S: (v) recognize, recognise (perceive to be the same)
• S: (v) acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know (accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority) "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"