[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/recognise.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / recognise

[← R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/R/)

# recognise

«recognise» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to know who or what they are because you have seen, heard…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (recognise, recognises, recognised, recognising)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To recognise someone or something is to know who or what they are because you have seen, heard or met them before. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recognise/#m1)

2) To accept that something is true or real. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recognise/#m2)

3) To show that you value something someone has done, often by praising or rewarding it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recognise/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life and safety: recognise a friend's voice; recognise warning signs of danger. In maths: recognise shapes, patterns and number facts. In school awards: recognise good work. In science: recognise living things by their features.

### examples

- The Third sect recognised no god beside the Sun, in which it recognised the sole principle of existence." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recognise/#x1)
- I didn't recognise you with your new haircut! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recognise/#x2)
- Can you recognise these shapes? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recognise/#x3)
- She recognised the song straight away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recognise/#x4)
- Learn to recognise the signs of a scam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recognise/#x5)
- The school recognised his hard work with a certificate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recognise/#x6)
- Dogs recognise their owners by smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recognise/#x7)
- He recognised that he had made a mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recognise/#x8)
- She recognised Gerda immediately, and Gerda knew her too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recognise/#x9)

### note

British spelling; American "recognize". Noun: recognition. Stress on "REC". Different from "know": recognise means you know it again when you meet it.

### In the corpora

- [There is no "change 30 percent and it's yours" rule; what matters is whether the original can still be recognised.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit/11/)
- [Emperor penguins find their partners and chicks among thousands of others by recognising their calls.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/7-antarctica/6/)
- [Elephants recognise old friends after years apart and greet them noisily with rumbles, ear flapping and trunk touches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory/15/)
- [Each chick has its own voice, and its parents recognise it among thousands of others in a noisy colony.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/12/)
- [In experiments sheep learned to recognise the faces of other sheep and of some famous people from photos.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «recognise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/recognise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.