definition of
recognition

[1] #1 recognition n. [acknowledgment, acknowledgement] the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work"; "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own". wn

[2] #2 recognition n. [identification] the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by t. wn

[3] #3 recognition n. [credit] approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying". wn

[4] #4 recognition n. [realization, realisation] coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases". wn

[5] #5 recognition n. (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape; "molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into lar. wn