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# acknowledged

«acknowledged» in Mova's school dictionary: **admitted or accepted that something is true** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (past of «acknowledge»: acknowledge, acknowledges, acknowledged, acknowledging); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Acknowledged means admitted or accepted that something is true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acknowledged/#m1)

2) Acknowledged means showed that you saw or received something, like a letter or a wave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acknowledged/#m2)

3) Acknowledged means thanked or recognised for something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acknowledged/#m3)

4) (adjective) Acknowledged means generally agreed to be: «an acknowledged expert». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acknowledged/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Formal word in writing and exams. In everyday life: «she acknowledged my wave». In letters and emails: «your message has been acknowledged». In stories a character «acknowledged his mistake». In books, authors acknowledge people who helped.

### examples

- He acknowledged that he had broken the vase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acknowledged/#x1)
- She acknowledged me with a nod. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acknowledged/#x2)
- The school acknowledged our letter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acknowledged/#x3)
- The author acknowledged her teachers in the book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acknowledged/#x4)
- He is an acknowledged expert on dinosaurs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acknowledged/#x5)
- The coach acknowledged the team's hard work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acknowledged/#x6)
- The rule was acknowledged by everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acknowledged/#x7)
- She acknowledged, however, that on one point Rudy was right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acknowledged/#x8)

### note

Spelling: «ac-know-ledge» (silent «k», the «d» before «ge»): acknowledged. Noun: acknowledgement (UK) or acknowledgment (US). Formal; simple words: «admitted», «noticed», «thanked».

### Trees and pragmatics

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