Recognition



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解释

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• n. 认出, 识别; 承认
• ［英］ n. 认出, 识别 ( the fact of knowing someone or something) ; 承认 ( the state of being accepted as legal, real, or valuable)
• ［记］ 来自动词recognize（认出）

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English recognicion, from Anglo-French recognition, from Latin recognition-, recognitio, from recognoscere
• Date: 15th century
• 1. the action of recognizing ; the state of being recognized: as
  • a. acknowledgment; especially formal acknowledgment of the political existence of a government or nation
  • b. knowledge or feeling that someone or something present has been encountered before
• 2. special notice or attention
• 3. the sensing and encoding of printed or written data by a machine <optical character recognition><magnetic ink character recognition>

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