When you speak of a pay-raise before recognition, I am inclined to think you are putting the cart before the horse.
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Recognition
//ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən//
Synonyms for "recognition" (169 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (51)
Related words (84)
identificationincidentinsightinventionknowledgekudoslinelocal colorlocatinglocationlucky strikementionmindfulnessmoodmotifmovementmythosnamenoesisnote
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noticenotorietynotoriousnessobservancepaeanperceptionperipeteiaplanplotplugpopularitypraiseprayer of thanksprofessionpromotionpublicitypuffreclamerediscoveryreidentificationrenownreportreputationreputerevelationrightrising actionschemesecondary plotsensesensibilityserendipityslantspottingstorystrikestructuresubjectsubplotswitchtalk of the townthankthank offeringthank-youthanksthanksgivingthe bubble reputationthematic developmentthemetonetopictreasure trovetributetrouvailletrovetwistuncoveringunearthingvoguewhat is owing
Noun(4 words)
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
35 entriesOCRallorecognitionarticulatory speech recognitionaudio-visual speech recognitionautorecognitionbiorecognitioncatch wreckcharacter recognitioncorecognitionderecognitionenantiorecognitionfingerprint recognitiongender recognitiongender recognition certificateimmunorecognitionintelligent character recognition
Showing 16 of 35 words.
has context
2 entriesis a
7 entriesrelated to
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
Translations
96 translations across 29 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- գնահատություն noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
- ճանաչում noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
- ճանաչում noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
Basque
1 entries- aintzatetsi noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
Belarusian
2 entries- прызна́нне noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- прызна́нне noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
Bengali
1 entries- স্বীকৃতি noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
Bulgarian
4 entries- одобре́ние noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
- прие́мане noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- призна́ване noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
- призна́ние noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
Catalan
2 entries- reconeixement noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
- reconeixement noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 承認 /承认 noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
- 認出 /认出 noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
Czech
4 entries- rozpoznání noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
- uznání noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- uznání noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
- uznání noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
Danish
4 entries- anerkendelse noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
- anerkendelse noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
- erkendelse noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- genkendelse noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
Dutch
4 entries- erkenning noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- erkenning noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
- erkenning noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
- herkenning noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
Esperanto
4 entries- agnosko noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- agnosko noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
- honora mencio noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
- rekono noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
Finnish
4 entries- huomio noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
- kunnianosoitus noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
- tunnistaminen noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
- tunnistus noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
French
1 entries- reconnaissance noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
Galician
4 entries- recoñecemento noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
- recoñecemento noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
- recoñecemetno noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- recoñecemetno noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
German
4 entries- Anerkennung noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- Anerkennung noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
- Anerkennung noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
- Erkennen noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
Greek
1 entries- αναγνώριση noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
Hungarian
4 entries- elismerés noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- elismerés noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
- elismerés noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
- felismerés noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
Irish
1 entries- aitheantas noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
Japanese
1 entries- 承認 noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
Korean
3 entries- 승인 noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- 승인 noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
- 인식 noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
Portuguese
4 entries- reconhecimento noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
- reconhecimento noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- reconhecimento noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
- reconhecimento noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
Romanian
4 entries- apreciere noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
- recunoaștere noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
- recunoaștere noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- recunoaștere noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
Russian
4 entries- одобре́ние noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- призна́ние noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- призна́ние noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
- призна́ние noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
Slovak
4 entries- rozpoznanie noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
- uznanie noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- uznanie noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
- uznanie noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
Swedish
3 entries- erkännande noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- erkännande noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
- igenkännande noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
Telugu
1 entries- గుర్తింపు noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
Turkish
4 entries- kabul noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- takdir noun (honour, favorable note, or attention)
- tanınma noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
- tanınma noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
Ukrainian
4 entries- визна́ння noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- визнава́ння noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- визнаття́ noun (acceptance as valid or true)
- впізнава́ння noun (the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized)
Vietnamese
1 entries- công nhận noun (official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
In order to gain media recognition, sometimes AIDS patients have to push themselves into the public eye.
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The body had burned beyond recognition.
Source: tatoeba (246374)
She gave me a smile of recognition.
Source: tatoeba (249547)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.