Acknowledge

Definitions: Acknowledge

Acknowledge

Verb

1. Discern; "His greed knew no limits".

2. Declare or acknowledge to be true; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten".

3. Acknowledge the receipt of.

4. Acknowledge the presence of or acquaintance with.

5. Cite, as for an outstanding achievement.

6. Express obligation for.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "acknowledge" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Acknowledge \Ac*knowl"edge\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Acknowledged; present participle verb or noun Acknowledging.]. (Websters 1913)

Satire

Electrical Engineering

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ACKNOWLEDGE

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Synonyms: Acknowledge

Affirmation

Announce; (information); acknowledge; (assent); attest; (evidence); adjure; (put to one's oath).

Answer

Verb: answer, respond, reply, rebut, retort, rejoin; give for answer, return for answer; acknowledge, echo.

Assent

Acknowledge, own, admit, allow, avow, confess; concede; (yield); come round to; abide by; permit.

Consent

Verb: consent; assent; yield assent, admit, allow, concede, grant, yield; come round, come over; give into, acknowledge, agnize, give consent, comply with, acquiesce, agree to, fall in with, accede, accept, embrace an offer, close with, take at one's word, have no objection.

Disclosure

Acknowledge, allow, concede, grant, admit, own, own up to, confess, avow, throw off all disguise, turn inside out, make a clean breast; show one's hand, show one's cards; unburden one's mind, disburden one's mind, disburden one's conscience, disburden one's heart; open one's mind, lay bare one's mind, tell a piece of one's mind; unbosom oneself, own to the soft impeachment; say the truth, speak the truth; turn King's (or Queen's) evidence; acknowledge the corn.

Evidence

Bear witness; Noun: give evidence; Noun: testify, depose, witness, vouch for; sign, seal, undersign, set one's hand and seal, sign and seal, deliver as one's act and deed, certify, attest; acknowledge; (assent).

Gratitude

Verb: be grateful; Adjective: thank; give thanks, render thanks, return thanks, offer thanks, tender thanks; Noun: acknowledge, requite.

Observance

Verb: observe, comply with, respect, acknowledge, abide by; cling to, adhere to, be faithful to, act up to; meet, fulfill; carry out, carry into execution; execute, perform, keep, satisfy, discharge; do one's office.

Payment

Verb: pay, defray, make payment; paydown, pay on the nail, pay ready money, pay at sight, pay in advance; cash, honor a bill, acknowledge; redeem; pay in kind.

Penitence

Verb: repent, be sorry for; be penitent; Adjective: rue; regret; think better of; recant; knock under; (submit); plead guilty; sing miserere, sing de profundis; cry peccavi; own oneself in the wrong; acknowledge, confess; (disclose); humble oneself; beg pardon; (apologize); turn over a new leaf, put on the new man, turn from sin; reclaim; repent in sackcloth and ashes; (do penance); learn by experience.

Reward

Verb: reward, recompense, repay, requite; remunerate, munerate; compensate; fee; pay one's footing; (pay); make amends, indemnify, atone; satisfy, acknowledge.

Seclusion Exclusion

Cut, cut dead; refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge; look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon; repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate; banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round.

Crosswords: Acknowledge

I just choose not to acknowledge them. (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil who is standing center stage advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

Would it have killed you to acknowledge that he exists, or were you too busy high-kickin' it with Nikki Kidman at the Moulin Rouge? (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein)

A man who refuses to acknowledge his god is unwise to set foot in the desert. (The Garden of Allah; writing credit: Robert Hichens; W.P. Lipscomb)

Acknowledge me as i run down my life story ("Life Story"; performing artist: Black Rob)

Told me to acknowledge her quick ("Hey Ma"; performing artist: Cam'ron)

Please acknowledge it's me that you miss ("Without Love"; performing artist: Donna Lewis)

Respect is mutual. If you don't respect others viewpoints, chances are they won't acknowledge yours. (references; author: unknown)

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Books

• 5 X 7: Seven Ceramic Artists Each Acknowledge Five Sources of Inspiration (reference)

• Acknowledge the Wonder: Harmony With the Natural (reference)

• To Acknowledge a War: The Korean War in American Memory (Contributions in Military Studies) (reference)

• To Acknowledge the Wonder: The Story of Fundamental Physics (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Execration That Accept to Acknowledge [LIVE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Bilson, a bishop of our church, and a great stickler for the power and prerogative of princes, does, if I mistake not, in his treatise of Christian subjection, acknowledge, that princes may forfeit their power, and their title to the obedience of their subjects; and if there needed authority in a case where reason is so plain, I could send my reader to Bracton, Fortescue, and the author of the Mirrour, and others, writers that cannot be suspected to be ignorant of our government, or enemies to it. (Second Treatise of Government)

Such bonds shall be handed over to the Reparation Commission, which has authority to take and acknowledge receipt thereof on behalf of Belgium. (reference)

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He saw no fault in the room, he would acknowledge none which they suggested.

The empire, we must acknowledge, was wept over, and wept over by heroic eyes.

But however I shall so far do justice to this part of the Academy, as to acknowledge that all of them were not so visionary.

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Health

Instead, take a few deep breaths and acknowledge your feelings in a constructive way. Make every conversation a "win-win" experience. (references)

A child, particularly an older child, who senses that parents do not want to acknowledge the disease, may try to protect them by not discussing his or her own feelings and fears. (references)

Business

As all sides acknowledge, the development of a safe and mature software market will be a long process. (references)

Chinese experts openly acknowledge that in order to succeed after entry into the WTO, China will have to rely on advanced biological and mechanical technologies to achieve a high level of agricultural modernization. (references)

On the one hand, they acknowledge that the new legislation has some threats and the consequences of the ongoing tax reform are yet to be seen. On the other hand, they observe that with the introduction of Part Two of the Tax Code, both domestic businesses and foreign investors will experience the most sweeping and positive changes in the tax system since the beginning of economic reforms in the early 1990s. The main goals, which the government is trying to achieve by introducing the new tax legislation is to reduce large number of taxes, to relieve the high cumulative tax burden, and create a coherent, uniformly applied tax regime which would attract investors. (references)

Civil Liberties

China

Others acknowledge that some individuals may be exploiting the reemergence of interest in religion for personal gain. (references)

Malaysia

The Government continues to refuse to acknowledge that any Indonesian illegal aliens, including Acehnese, have a claim to refugee status. (references)

Venezuela

It called the Colombians whose presence it did acknowledge "displaced persons in transit"--a term that does not exist in international humanitarian law. (references)

Economic History

Colombia

It is crucial to acknowledge security concerns. (references)

Laos

LAO OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE AMBIGUITIES IN THE LAW. (references)

Guinea

Senior members of the current GOG publicly acknowledge shortcomings of the Guinean judiciary, including corruption and lack of training. (references)

Human Rights

Tanzania

The authorities acknowledge that some cases have been pending for several years. (references)

Congo

There were reports that these forces repeatedly failed to acknowledge detaining persons. (references)

Panama

Police officials acknowledge that they have received and investigated 82 cases during the year. (references)

Minorities

Lithuania

In October Open Society Institute experts commended the government Program for the Integration of Roma into Lithuanian Society, 2000-2004, but said that the program had been developed without adequate consultation with the Romani community and did not acknowledge or address the existence of discrimination against Roma. (references)

Political Rights

Kuwait

Several called for formal recognition as political parties, although the Government indicated that it was not prepared to acknowledge them as such. (references)

Trade

Qatar

For products not yet covered with SASA, Qatar continues to acknowledge international standards. (references)

Women

Jordan

Medical experts acknowledge that spousal abuse occurs frequently. (references)

Jamaica

Violence against women is widespread, but many women are reluctant to acknowledge or report abusive behavior, leading to wide variations in estimates of its extent. (references)

Russia

Much of society, including some leaders in the human rights community, do not acknowledge domestic violence as a problem or do not believe it is an area for concern outside of the family. (references)

Worker Rights

Denmark

Workers and employers acknowledge each other's right to organize. (references)

Croatia

Police are reluctant to acknowledge that trafficking in persons might occur in the country. (references)

Philippines

DOLE officials acknowledge that their 253 inspectors are not adequate for the number of work sites in need of visits. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "acknowledge": acknowledge oneself beaten ♦ acknowledge receipt ♦ acknowledge receipt of ♦ acknowledge the corn ♦ make acknowledge ♦ negative acknowledge ♦ receive acknowledge ♦ refuse to acknowledge. Additional references.

Ending with "acknowledge": re-acknowledge.

Afrikaan

erken (confirm, corroborate), bieg (acknowledgement, admission, admit, confess, confession, profess), bevestig (affirm, assent, confirm, corroborate, say yes, to confirm), beseël (confirm, corroborate, seal), bely (admit, confess, profess), bekragtig (confirm, corroborate, ratify, sanction), beken (admit, confess, profess). (various references)

Albanian

vërtetoj (attest, authenticate, avouch, certify, confirm, confirm a piece of news, corroborate, demonstrate, document, doom, endorse, establish, evince, indorse, justify, make certain, make good, prove, validate, verify), pranoj (accept, admit, adopt, agree, allow, avouch, buy, concede, confess, countenance, grant, own, permit, receive, recognize, take, take in, take on, underwrite, wear), falënderoj (thank). (various references)

Arabic 

‏سلم يصحة شيئ, ‏عبر عن شكره ل, ‏إعترف (admit, allow, avow, come clean, concede, confess, grant, own, own up, profess, recognize, say). (various references)

Bulgarian 

признателен съм (oblige), признавам (accept, accredit, admit, allow, avow, concede, confess, find, homologate, own, profess, recognize, vote), приемам (accept, admit, adopt, allow, assume, buy, concede, cotton, embrace, enrol, enroll, entertain, grant, induct, meet, postulate, premise, purchase, receive, recognize, see, stomach, take up, uphold, yield), потвърждавам (accredit, affirm, bear out, certify, clench, corroborate, endorse, homologate, ratify, reaffirm, speak to, substantiate, support, testify, undertake, uphold, validate, verify, vindicate, vouch, warrant), изразявам благодарност. (various references)

Chinese 

認知 , 承认 (Acknowledged, Acknowledging, Admit, Admitted, Admitting, Concede, Conceded, Conceding). (various references)

Czech

uznat (accept, admit, avow, concede, confess, place, recognize), uznávat (acclaim, appreciate, rate, receive), potvrdit (affirm, approve, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, establish, ratify, testify, to confirm, uphold, validate, verify), připustit (admit, agree, concede, grant, permit, receive, recognize). (various references)

Danish

tilstå (admit, confess, profess), takke for (thank for), skrifte (admit, confess, profess), kvittering for modtaget meddelelse (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, receipt, receive acknowledge), kvittering (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, receipt, receive acknowledge), kvittere (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, receipt, receive acknowledge), bekraeftelse (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, receipt, receive acknowledge), bekræfte (certify, confirm, corroborate, guarantee), bekende (admit, confess, profess). (various references)

Dutch

als waarheid aannemen (recognize), agnosceren (recognize). (various references)

Esperanto

agnoski (recognize). (various references)

Faeroese

viðurkenna (accept, appreciate, approve, receive, recognize, take, take in), vátta (admit, assert, attest, bear witness of, confess, confirm, corroborate, profess, state, testify), staðfesta (ascertain, confirm, corroborate, establish, take note), ganga við (admit, confess, profess). (various references)

Farsi 

قدردانی کردن (Value), وصول نامه ای رااشعارداشتن , تصدیق کردن (Admit, Affirm, Authenticate, Aver, Certify, Concede, Confirm, Establish, Grant, Justify, Recognize, Rubberstamp, Testify), اعتراف کردن (Confess). (various references)

Finnish

vahvistus (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, amplification, brace, confirmation, gain, receipt, receive acknowledge, reinforcement, sanction, strengthening), vahvistaa (confirm, corroborate, ratify, reinforce, strengthen, verify), kuittaus (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, acquittance, discharge, payment, receipt, receipt notification, receive acknowledge). (various references)

French

reconnaître, croire (account, accredit), confesser, avouer. (various references)

Frisian

bychtsje (admit, confess, profess), bekenne (admit, confess, profess). (various references)

German

anerkennen (accept, acclaim, admit, allow, appreciate, confess, for a long time, homologate, honor, honour, own, praise, profess, recognize, respect, to recognize), eingestehen (admit, confess, profess, recognize, to admit to, to own, to recognize that), bestätigen (affirm, assure, attest, authenticate, bear out, certify, confirm, confirms, corroborate, countersign, endorse, guarantee, ratify, reaffirm, reassure, recognize, to affirm, to certify, to confirm, to indorse, to ratify, uphold, validate, verify, witness). (various references)

Greek 

αναγνωρίζω (admit, appreciate, concede, do justice to, identify, know, recognise, recognize). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"ו�"ות (admit, avow, confess, glorify, grant, praise). (various references)

Hungarian

elismer (admit, avow, concede, recognize, to acknowledge, to admit, to approve of, to avow, to confess, to recognize), elfogad (accept, adapt, adopt, receive, recognize, take, take in, to adopt, to pass, to receive, to take for granted, to take from). (various references)

Icelandic

játa (admit, confess, profess), þakka fyrir (thank for). (various references)

Indonesian

menyatakan (enounce, enunciate, formulate, profess, reveal), mengakui (admit, avow, concere, recognize). (various references)

Italian

confessare (admit, avouch, come clean, confess, own, profess, shrive, to confess, to make a confession), riconoscere (admit, concede, detect, discern, identify, know, own, place, realize, recognise, recognize, spot, tell, to recognize), confermare (affirm, bear out, clench, confirm, corroborate, endorse, indorse, prove oneself, substantiate, to confirm, uphold, vouch). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

肯定応�" . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

し�"に�" (acceptance, admission, confidence, credence, imperial appointment, inaugural, new, trust), �"うていおうとう, じゅりょう (receipt). (various references)

Korean 

인� �하십시�". (various references)

Malay

mengaku (admit, confess, profess). (various references)

Manx

freggyr rish, cur bwooise er son. (various references)

Norwegian

tilstå (admit, confess, profess), takke for (thank for). (various references)

Papiamen

rekonosé (admit, confess, profess, recognize), konfesá (admit, confess, profess), confirmá (confirm, corroborate). (various references)

Pig Latin

acknowledgeay

Polish

wyznawać, przyznawać się. (various references)

Portuguese

reconhecer (accredit, admit, ascertain, avouch, avow, cognize, concede, confess, establish, feel, halloween, honor, honour, identify, kennel, know, notice, own, place, place an embargo on, profess, recognize, reconnoiter, reconnoitre, take note, to recognize), confirmar (affirm, approve, assure, confirm, corroborate, corroboratory, countersign, endorse, firm, grant a pardon, hold true, indorse, ratify, sanction, seal, to confirm, vouch). (various references)

Romanian

aproba (accept, acquiesce, allow, answer with a nod, applaud, approbate, approve, close, countenance, endorse, grant, homologate, pass, ratify, sanctify, sanction, uphold), admite (accept, admit, adopt, allow, allow of, appoint, approve, assume, avow, Brook, concede, confess, contain, enter, grant, receive, suffer, take for granted, tolerate, vouchsafe), adeveri (attest, avouch, certify, confirm, corroborate, fortify, justify, seal, substantiate, test, testify, verify, vouch, warrant, witness), accepta (abide by, accept, acquiesce, admit, adopt, agree, approve, assent, assume, carry down, embrace, grant, hold, honor, honour, postulate, protect, receive, take, take in, take on), recunoaşte (adjudge, admit, allow, avouch, avow, avow oneself, concede, confess, explore, feel, homologate, know, own, recognize, remember), rãspunde la (answer, overbear, reciprocate, return, satisfy), omologa (admit, approve, assimilate, confirm, homologate, ratify), mulţumi (cater for, content, fill, gratify, meet, please, recompense, reward, satisfy, suit, thank), mãrturisi (admit, affirm, assert, avouch, avow, confess, confide, declare, unbosom, witness), fi recunoscãtor, confirma (affirm, bear out, confirm, corroborate, establish, fortify, homologate, justify, receipt, sanction, strengthen, validate, verify, vouch, witness), certifica (attest, authenticate, certify, legalise, legalize, witness). (various references)

Russian 

быть признательным, признавать (admit, avow, avowing, confess, espouse, give in, held [], homologate, plead, profess, recognize), подтверждать (acknowledge by, affirm, attest, bear out, confirm, corroborate, corroboratory, endorse, indorse, instantiate, prove out, reaffirm, re-affirm, reassert, verify, vouch, warrant, write to acknowledge). (various references)

Scottish

aidich (confess, own). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

priznati (accord, admit, avow, cede, cognize, confess, disbosom, grant, own up, recognize), potvrditi (affirm, attest, authenticate, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, homologate, ratify, reaffirm, sanction, substantiate, validate, verify). (various references)

Spanish

confesar (admit, allow, avow, confess, own, own up, profess, recognize, shrive, unburden), reconocer (accredit, admit, agree, allow, avouch, avow, check up, clarify, face, inspect, know, notice, own, place, recognize, spot, spy out, survey, taste, tell), declarar (accede, adjudge, adjudicate, admit, agree, announce, come out, confess, consent, contract, declare, find, plead, proclaim, profess, pronounce, register, return, set out, start, state, testify), confirmar (affirm, assent, bear out, confirm, corroborate, prove, say yes, support, sustain, to confirm, uphold, vouch). (various references)

Swedish

erkänna (admit, admit to, allow, avouch, avow, confess, own, receive, recognize, to confess, to confess to be in the wrong, to make a confession). (various references)

Turkish

alındığını bildirmek, teşekkür etmek (return thanks, thank), tanımak (affiliate, be acquainted with, be recognizant of, charter, get to know, identify, Ken, know, legitimatize, legitimize, own, recognize, spot), onaylamak (accept, affirm, approve, attest, authorise, authorize, be recognizant of, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, endorse, give countenance to, grant, hear, hold with, homologate, indorse, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lend countenance to, o.k., ok, okay, ratify, recognize, sanction, smile on, stamp, subscribe, sustain, to confirm, uphold, validate, verify, visa, vise, vouch, witness), kabul etmek (accede, accept, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affiliate, agree, allow, approve, assent, avow oneself, be sold on, certify, consent, enfranchise, enrol, fall in with, Favor, favour, go along with, grant, have, honor, honour, own, receive, recognize, regard as, say yes, settle for, sustain, take, take in, thole, turn thumbs up on, witness), itiraf etmek (admit, allow, avouch, avow, avow oneself, beg, come clean, confess, own, own up, profess, recognize, stand in a white sheet, unbosom, unburden). (various references)

Ukranian 

усвідомлювати (apperceive, appreciate, be aware of, be conscious of, figure out, know, recognize, sense, understand), виявляти вдячність, висловлювати подяку, визнавати (accept, account, admit, allow, avouch, avow, confess, declare, own, recognize), підтверджувати (affirm, approve, attest, avouch, avow, bear out, carry, certify, confirm, corroborate, endorse, homologate, indorse, justify, reassert, reconfirm, say yes, uphold, verify, vouch), припускати (accept, admit, concede, conjecture, infer, presume, propose, surmise, understand). (various references)

Welsh

addef (admit, avow, confess, dwelling, home, own), cyfaddef (admit, confess, own), cydnabod (acquaintance, avow). (various references)

agnita, agnitis, agnitum, agnitus, agnoscant, agnoscar, agnoscat, agnosce, agnoscebam, agnoscebant, agnoscendum, agnoscent, agnoscentes, agnoscere, agnoscet, agnoscetur, agnoscit, agnoscitur, agnosco, agnoverunt, agnovi, agnovimus, agnovisset, agnovit, confessa, confessi, confessus, confiteamur, confiteantur, confitearis, confiteatur, confitebantur, confitebatur, confiteberis, confitebimur, confitebitur, confitebor, confitebuntur, confitemini, confitemur, confitendum, confitentem, confitentes, confitentibus, confitentium, confitentur, confiteor, confiteor confessus, confitere, confiterentur, confiteretur, confiteri, confitetur, fateor, recognoscere. (various references)

cennan, oncnawan. (various references)

avouer. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "acknowledge": acknowledged, acknowledgedly, acknowledgement, acknowledgements, acknowledges. (additional references)

Words containing "acknowledge": unacknowledged. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Acknowledge" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acknoledge, acknowedge, acknoweldge, acknowldege, acknowledg, acknowlege, acknownledge, ackowledge, ackwnoledge, acnowledge, aknowledge, awknowledge, axknowledge. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: congealed, knowledge.

-3 letters: weeklong.

-4 letters: angeled, celadon, clanged, clanked, cleaned, cloaked, clonked, clowned, congaed, congeal, congeed, daglock, decagon, decalog, dockage, encaged, enlaced, glaceed, glanced, gleaned, gowaned, lockage, wagoned, wakened, wangled, wedlock.

-5 letters: acnode, alkene, aneled, angled, ankled, awoken, calked, candle, canoed, clawed, clewed, cloned, coaled, colead, congee, conked, cowage, cowled, dangle, deacon, decane, deckel, deckle, declaw, deewan, dongle, elodea, encage, encode, enlace, gaoled, gawked, gecked, glance, glowed, gnawed, goaled, golden, gowned, kalong, knawel, lacked, lagend, lanced, leaden, leaked, leaned, legend, loaned, locked, longed, necked, nocked, walked, wandle, wangle, weaken, weaned, wedeln.

+1 letter: acknowledged, acknowledges.

+3 letters: acknowledgedly, acknowledgment, unacknowledged.

+4 letters: acknowledgement, acknowledgments.

+5 letters: acknowledgements.

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