 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
recognized
adjective
1: generally approved or compelling recognition; "several
accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his
recognized superiority in this kind of work" [syn: {accepted},
{recognised}]
2: provided with a secure reputation; "a recognized authority"
[syn: {recognised}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recognize \Rec"og*nize\ (r[e^]k"[o^]g*n[imac]z), verb (used with an object) [imp. &
p. p. {Recognized} (r[e^]k"[o^]g*n[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Recognizing} (r[e^]k"[o^]g*n[imac]'z[i^]ng).] [From
{Recognizance}; see {Cognition}, and cf. {Reconnoiter}.]
[Written also {recognise}.]
1. To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person
or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge
of.
Speak, vassal; recognize thy sovereign queen.
--Harte.
2. To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent
to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal
acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to
recognize a consul.
3. To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation,
bowing, or the like.
4. To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a
testimonial.
5. To review; to re["e]xamine. [Obs.] --South.
6. To reconnoiter. [Obs.] --R. Monro.
Syn: To acknowledge; avow; confess; own; allow; concede. See
{Acknowledge}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
established \established\ adjective
1. brought about or set up or accepted; especially long and
widely accepted; as, distrust of established authority; a
team established as a member of a major league; enjoyed
his prestige as an established writer; an established
precedent; the established Church. Contrasted with
{unestablished}. [Narrower terms: {entrenched};
{implanted, planted, rooted}; {official}; {recognized}]
[WordNet 1.5]
2. securely established; as, an established reputation.
Syn: firm.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. settled securely and unconditionally.
Syn: accomplished, effected.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. conforming with accepted standards.
[WordNet 1.5]
5. shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; as, the
established facts in the case.
Syn: proved.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
6. (Bot.) introduced from another region and persisting
without cultivation; -- of plants.
Syn: naturalized.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "recognized":
accepted, acknowledged, admitted, affirmed, allowed, appreciated,
apprehended, approved, ascertained, authenticated, avowed,
being done, certified, comme il faut, comprehended, conceded,
conceived, confessed, confirmed, conformable, conventional,
correct, countersigned, customary, de rigueur, decent, decorous,
discerned, down pat, endorsed, established, fixed, folk, formal,
granted, grasped, hallowed, handed down, heroic, hoary, immemorial,
inveterate, known, legendary, long-established, long-standing,
meet, mythological, notarized, of long standing, of the folk, oral,
orthodox, pat, perceived, prehended, prescriptive, professed,
proper, ratified, realized, received, right, rooted, sealed,
seemly, seized, signed, stamped, sworn and affirmed, sworn to,
time-honored, traditional, tried and true, true-blue, understood,
underwritten, unwritten, validated, venerable, warranted,
worshipful
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