I wonder if she will recognize me after all those years.
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Recognize
//ˈɹɛk.əɡ.naɪz//
Synonyms for "recognize" (139 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (69)
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More general
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
Synonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
entails
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
37 entriesShowing 16 of 37 words.
similar
1 entriesTranslations
208 translations across 73 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- erken verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- erken verb (to acknowledge as something)
- herken verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Albanian
1 entries- njoh verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- ἀναγιγνώσκω verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- ἀναγνωρίζω verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- ἐπιγιγνώσκω verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Arabic
1 entries- تَعَرَّفَ verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Armenian
1 entries- Ճանաչել verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Assamese
2 entries- চিনা verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- চিনি পোৱা verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Bashkir
4 entries- таныу verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- таныу verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- таныу verb (to acknowledge as something)
- таныу verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
Belarusian
4 entries- пазна́ць verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- пазнава́ць verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- распазна́ць verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- распазнава́ць verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Bulgarian
4 entries- зачета́ verb (to acknowledge as something)
- зачи́там verb (to acknowledge as something)
- осъзна́вам verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
- осъзна́я verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
Burmese
1 entries- မှတ်မိ verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Catalan
3 entries- reconèixer verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- reconèixer verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- reconèixer verb (to acknowledge as something)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 承認 /承认 verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- 認出 /认出 verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- 認識 /认识 verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Czech
4 entries- poznat verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- poznávat verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- uznat verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- uznávat verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
Danish
3 entries- anerkende verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- erkende verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
- genkende verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Dutch
4 entries- erkennen verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- erkennen verb (to acknowledge as something)
- herkennen verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- onderkennen verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
Esperanto
2 entries- rekoni verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- rekoni verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
Finnish
4 entries- oivaltaa verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
- palkita verb (to give an award)
- tunnistaa verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- tunnistaa verb (to acknowledge as something)
French
4 entries- reconnaître verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- reconnaître verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- reconnaître verb (to acknowledge as something)
- reconnaître verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
Friulian
1 entries- ricognossi verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Galician
1 entries- recoñecer verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
German
2 entries- anerkennen verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- erkennen verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Greek
3 entries- αναγνωρίζω verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- αναγνωρίζω verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- αναγνωρίζω verb (to acknowledge as something)
Gujarati
1 entries- ઓળખવું verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Hindi
1 entries- पहचानना verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Hungarian
4 entries- elismer verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- elismer verb (to acknowledge as something)
- elismer verb (to give an award)
- felismer verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Icelandic
2 entries- kannast við verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- viðurkenna verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
Ido
1 entries- rikonocar verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Irish
2 entries- aithin verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- aithin verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
Istriot
1 entries- ricugnusi verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Italian
3 entries- ammettere verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- premiare verb (to give an award)
- riconoscere verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Japanese
4 entries- 表彰する verb (to give an award)
- 認める verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- 認める verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- 認める verb (to acknowledge as something)
Jarai
1 entries- kran verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Javanese
2 entries- weruh verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- weruh verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
Korean
1 entries- 알아보다 verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- таануу verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Latin
2 entries- cōgnōscō verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- recōgnōscō verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- póznaś verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- spóznaś verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Macedonian
2 entries- препознава verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- препознае verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Malayalam
3 entries- അംഗീകരിക്കുക verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- അംഗീകരിക്കുക verb (to acknowledge as something)
- തിരിച്ചറിയുക verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Mansaka
1 entries- kilara verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Maranao
1 entries- kilala verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Māori
1 entries- āhukahuka verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- uramɓua verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- anerkjenne verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- gjenkjenne verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Occitan
2 entries- arreconéisher verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- reconéisser verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Old Gujarati
1 entries- उलखिवउं verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Old Irish
1 entries- ad·gnin verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Old Saxon
1 entries- undarthenkian verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- طانیمق verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- طانیمق verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
Persian
3 entries- به رسمیت شناختن verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- تشخیص دادن verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
- شناختن verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- kjanen verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Polish
4 entries- poznać verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- rozpoznawać verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- rozpoznać verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- uznawać verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
Portuguese
3 entries- reconhecer verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- reconhecer verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- reconhecer verb (to acknowledge as something)
Romanian
4 entries- recunoaște verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- recunoaște verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- recunoaște verb (to acknowledge as something)
- recunoaște verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
Russian
4 entries- опозна́ть verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- опознава́ть verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- осозна́ть verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
- осознава́ть verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prepoznávati verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- prepòznati verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- препо̀знати verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- препозна́вати verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Sicilian
2 entries- arricanùsciri verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- ricanùsciri verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Slovak
4 entries- rozoznať verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
- rozoznávať verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
- spoznať verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- spoznávať verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Slovene
2 entries- prepoznati verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- prepoznavati verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Spanish
4 entries- cognocer verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
- distinguir verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
- homologar verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- identificar verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Swahili
1 entries- kutambua verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Swedish
3 entries- erkänna verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- erkänna verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
- känna igen verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Tagalog
4 entries- kilalanin verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- kilalanin verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- kilanlin verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- kumilala verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Tajik
1 entries- шинохтан verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kärs verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Turkish
2 entries- tanımak verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- tanımak verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́знати verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- ви́знати verb (to acknowledge as something)
- визнава́ти verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- визнава́ти verb (to acknowledge as something)
Urdu
1 entries- پہچانا verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Walloon
4 entries- ricnoxhe verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- ricnoxhe verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- ricnoxhe verb (to acknowledge as something)
- ricnoxhe verb (to realize or discover the nature of something)
Welsh
1 entries- adnabod verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Yiddish
2 entries- דערקענען verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- דערקענען verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
Zazaki
3 entries- sınasnayen verb (to acknowledge the existence or legality of)
- sınasten verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- şık bıyen verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
Zulu
3 entries- bona verb (to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter)
- bonga verb (to give an award)
- vuma verb (to acknowledge as something)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Not having seen him before, I'll not be able to recognize him.
Source: tatoeba (28372)
While we hate force, we recognize the need for law and order.
Source: tatoeba (28807)
I couldn't recognize him at first.
Source: tatoeba (28963)
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