You should acknowledge your failure.
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Acknowledge
//əkˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "acknowledge" (167 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (50)
Related words (83)
go along withgo dutchgranthailhang onholdhonor a billimpute tokeeplay tolet onmake acknowledgments ofmentionnot opposenoticeoffer thanksopen upout with itownown up
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pay forpay the billpay the piperpin onpinpointplace uponplead guiltypoint toproclaimpublishput downreactreceiveredeemreechoreferrefer torejoinrender creditrender thanksreplyrespondretortreturnreturn answerreturn for answerreturn thanksrevealreverberateripostesaddle onsaddle withsalutesaysay in replyset downset down tosettle uponshoot backspillspill itspit it outstand the costssweartaketalk backtelltell alltell the truthtestifythankviewvouchwarrantwitnessyield
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13 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
1 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
129 translations across 40 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- eien verb (to own as genuine or valid)
- erken verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- erken verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
- ontvangs bevestig verb (to notify receipt)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- νομίζω verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
- νομίζω verb (to own with gratitude)
- νομίζω verb (to own as genuine or valid)
Arabic
1 entries- شَكَرَ verb (to own with gratitude)
Belarusian
2 entries- прызна́ць verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- прызнава́ць verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Bulgarian
4 entries- потвържда́вам verb (to notify receipt)
- признава́м verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- признава́м verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
- признателен съм verb (to own with gratitude)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 承認 /承认 verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Czech
1 entries- připustit verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Danish
3 entries- anerkende verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- erkende verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- vedgå verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Dutch
4 entries- bekennen verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- erkennen verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- erkennen verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
- erkennen verb (to own with gratitude)
Esperanto
2 entries- agnoski verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- kvitanci verb (to notify receipt)
Finnish
4 entries- hyväksyä verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- hyväksyä verb (to own as genuine or valid)
- kiittää verb (to own with gratitude)
- kuitata verb (to notify receipt)
French
3 entries- accuser réception verb (to notify receipt)
- certifier verb (to own as genuine or valid)
- reconnaître verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Friulian
1 entries- ricognossi verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Galician
4 entries- acusar recepción (a) verb (to notify receipt)
- acusar recibimento (o) verb (to notify receipt)
- admitir verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
- recoñecer verb (to admit the knowledge of)
German
4 entries- anerkennen verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
- bekennen verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- den Empfang bestätigen verb (to notify receipt)
- erkennen verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐍄𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Greek
1 entries- αναγνωρίζω verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Hindi
1 entries- स्वीकार करना verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Hungarian
3 entries- elismer verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- elismer verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
- visszaigazol verb (to notify receipt)
Irish
3 entries- admhaigh verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- admhaigh verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
- admhaigh verb (to notify receipt)
Italian
4 entries- ammettere verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- confermare verb (to notify receipt)
- riconoscere verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- riconoscere verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
Japanese
2 entries- 承認する verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- 認める verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- vìshākîuh verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Korean
2 entries- 승인하다 verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- 인정하다 verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Latin
3 entries- agnoscō verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- agnoscō verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
- fateor verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Macedonian
2 entries- препознае verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- признае verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Old English
4 entries- andettan verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- geþafian verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- oncnāwan verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- oncnāwan verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
Old Irish
1 entries- ad·daim verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- طانیمق verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- طانیمق verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
Polish
4 entries- przyznawać verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- przyznać verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- uznawać verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
- uznać verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
Portuguese
4 entries- admitir verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
- confirmar verb (to notify receipt)
- reconhecer verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- reconhecer verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
Romanian
1 entries- recunoaște verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Russian
4 entries- подтверди́ть verb (to notify receipt)
- подтвержда́ть verb (to notify receipt)
- призна́ть verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- признава́ть verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- aidich verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- potvŕditi verb (to notify receipt)
- potvŕditi prìjem verb (to notify receipt)
- prepòznati verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
- priznati verb (to own with gratitude)
Slovak
3 entries- pripustiť verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- priznať verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- priznávať verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Spanish
4 entries- acatar verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- acatar verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
- aceptar verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- aceptar verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
Swedish
3 entries- bekänna verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- erkänna verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- kännas vid verb (to admit the claims or authority of)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́знати verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- визнава́ти verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- призна́ти verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- признава́ти verb (to admit the knowledge of)
Welsh
2 entries- cydnabod verb (to admit the knowledge of)
- cydnabod verb (to notify receipt)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
I acknowledge your kindness.
Source: tatoeba (54425)
I hereby beg to acknowledge your letter.
Source: tatoeba (64422)
Yes, sorry, I forgot to acknowledge it.
Source: tatoeba (65351)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.