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Recognised

Definitions: Recognised

Recognised

Adjective

1. Provided with a secure reputation; "a recognized authority".

2. Generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work".

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

Date "recognised" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references)

"Recognised" is a common misspelling or typo for: recognized.

Synonyms: Recognised

Synonyms: accepted (adj), recognized (adj). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: Association of Recognised English Language Schools (education), list of experts recognised by the President (law), nationally recognised statistical-rating organisation (statistics), profit recognised on completed contracts (business), recognised clearing house (finance), recognised docker (labor), Recognised Investment Exchange (finance), recognised private operating agency (post & telecom), recognised professional bodies (labor), recognized clearing house (finance), recognized investment exchange, recognized private operating agency (post & telecom).

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Crosswords: Recognised

Specialty definitions using "recognised": Alexis, approved dosimetric service, archive site, articulation index, articulation scoreBackus-Naur Form, bench-mark, benchmark data, Black RepublicansCalisto and Arcas, cargo shed, coincidence resolving time, coined term, contextual sequence, CouncilsDigital Subscriber Lineelectoral group, Ezzelinflame on, FMD virus, FOAF, for values ofgradual oppositionhorse malaria, human immunodeficiency virus type 1Locus StandiMacBinary, Malbrouknasal demons, netiquette, Not at Homeofficially listed security, officially quoted securityparsed character data, partial conversion, pernicious equine anaemia, Poets' Corner, Purdue Compiler-Construction Tool SetQuatorziennesrecognised clearing house, recognised investment exchange, recognised private operating agency, recognized investment exchange, reference data, resolution time, resolving time, RSA Data Security, Inc.Sa-kuntala, security quoted on the Official List, semi-skilled worker, Shells, social psychiatric nurse, specialised worker, St.George's cross, stratigraphic unitteledildonics, two cones,base to base, two cones,point downwards, two cones,point to point, two cones,point upwardsUlysses' Bow, unorganised territory, unorganized territory, Urganvirus tested materialWerner, Wrongunzero level, zirkumskript. (references)

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Modern Usage: Recognised

DomainUsage

Lyrics

I recognised the fields where I'd once played ("Fortress Around Yur Heart"; performing artist: Sting)

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

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Historic Usage: Recognised

AuthorDateQuotation

Communist Manifesto

1848

And on its part, German Socialism recognised, more and more, its own calling as the bombastic representative of the petty- bourgeois Philistine. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

German nationals habitually resident in territories recognised as forming part of Poland will acquire Polish nationality ipso facto and will lose their German nationality. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Recognised

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

They recognised the voice of Javert.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Two boys were standing in the shelter of a doorway, smoking, and before he reached them he had recognised Heron by his voice.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Recognised

SubjectTopicQuote

Trade

Singapore

The MAS requires branches of foreign banks operating in Singapore to meet the minimum BIS standard of 8.0%, but locally-incorporated banks must meet a more stringent ratio of 12.0%. Financial statements are in compliance with international standards and audits are performed by internationally recognised accounting firms. (references)

Singapore

However, test reports issued by accredited testing laboratories and national certification bodies are recognised by the PSB. A list of accredited laboratories and national certification bodies is also available from the PSB. U.S. suppliers of these products planning to expand sales into Singapore should check with the Consumer Protection Agency and the PSB before exporting. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: Recognised

"Recognised" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 61.75% of the time. "Recognised" is used about 3,876 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)61.75%2,3933,733
Lexical Verb (past tense)21.49%8338,435
Adjective (general or positive)16.75%64910,069
                    Total100.00%3,876N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Recognised

Expressions using "recognised": profit recognised on completed contracts recognised clearing house recognised investment exchange recognised private operating agency. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "recognised": under-recognised, well-recognised.

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

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Modern Translations: Recognised

Language Translations for "recognised"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

认识 (epistemic, realisation, realization, recognise, recognition, recognize, recognized, Recognizing). (various references)

   

Danish

  

ikke-udbyttegivende institutioner der er juridiske personer (non-profit institutions recognised as independent legal entities), godkendt privat virksomhed (recognised private operating agency, recognized private operating agency), blystearats egenskaber som stabilisator ved fremstilling af krystaller,emaille og fremfor alt plaststoffer er meget vaerdsat (and above all plastics, are well recognised, enamels, the properties of lead stearate as a stabiliser in crystals), autoriseret investeringsbørs (recognised investment exchange, recognized investment exchange), autoriseret clearingcentral (recognised clearing house, recognized clearing house), andelsselskaber og interessentskaber med status som juridiske personer (partnerships recognised as independent legal entities). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wettelijk beschermd beroep (profession which may be practised only by holders of a legally recognised qualification), Personenvennootschappen met rechtspersoonlijkheid (partnerships recognised as independent legal entities), loodstearaat is goed bruikbaar als stabilisator in kristallen,email en vooral in kunststoffen (and above all plastics, are well recognised, enamels, the properties of lead stearate as a stabiliser in crystals), erkende particuliere exploitatie-instantie (recognised private operating agency, recognized private operating agency), erkende belegging (recognised investment exchange, recognized investment exchange), erkend clearing house (recognised clearing house, recognized clearing house). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

virallinen clearing house (recognised clearing house, recognized clearing house), tunnustettu investointivaihto (recognised investment exchange, recognized investment exchange), tunnustettu clearing house (recognised clearing house, recognized clearing house), telelaitos (administration, recognised private operating agency, recognized private operating agency), osatuloutukset (attributable profit on long-term contracts, profit recognised on contracts in progress to be subdivided by contracts). (various references)

   

French

  

Recommandation R(84)1 relative la protection des personnes remplissant les conditions de la Convention de Genève qui ne sont pas formellement reconnues comme réfugiés (Recommendation R(84)1 on the protection of persons satisfying the criteria in the Geneva Convention who are not formally recognised as refugees), sociétés de personnes ayant la personnalité juridique (partnerships recognised as independent legal entities), profession jouissant de la protection légale (profession which may be practised only by holders of a legally recognised qualification), produits nets partiels sur opérations en cours- subdiviser par opérations (profit recognised on contracts in progress to be subdivided by contracts), principes généralement admis en matière de procédure dans les Etats contractants (principles of procedural law generally recognised in the Contracting States), organismes sans but lucratif dotés de la personnalité juridique (non-profit institutions recognised as independent legal entities), les propriétés du stéarate de plomb comme stabilisateur dans les cristaux,les émaux et surtout les plastiques sont très appréciées (are well recognised), exploitation privée reconnue (recognised private operating agency, recognized private operating agency), EPR (recognised private operating agency, recognized private operating agency). (various references)

   

German

  

Personengesellschaften mit eigener Rechtspersönlichkeit (partnerships recognised as independent legal entities), in den Vertragsstaaten im allgemeinen anerkannte Grundsätze des Verfahrensrechts (principles of procedural law generally recognised in the Contracting States), Clearing-Stelle (recognised clearing house, recognized clearing house), Bleistearat wird in seiner Eigenschaft als Stabilisator bei der Herstellung von Kristall,Email und vor allem Kunststoffen sehr geschaetzt (and above all plastics, are well recognised, enamels, the properties of lead stearate as a stabiliser in crystals), anerkannter Privatbetrieb (recognised private operating agency, recognized private operating agency), amtlicher Handel (recognised investment exchange, recognized investment exchange). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αναγωρισμένος. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

כר (appreciable, considerable, distinct, foreign land, goodly, marked, noticeable, pronounced, strangeness, substantial). (various references)

   

Italian

  

societ di persone aventi personalit giuridica (partnerships recognised as independent legal entities), quota dei ricavi derivanti dai lavori in corso su ordinazione-per singolo lavoro (profit recognised on contracts in progress to be subdivided by contracts), organismi senza scopo di lucro dotati di personalit guiridica (non-profit institutions recognised as independent legal entities), le propriet dello stearato di piombo come stabilizzatore nei cristalli,negli smalti e sopratutto nelle plastiche,sono molto apprezzate (and above all plastics, are well recognised, enamels, the properties of lead stearate as a stabiliser in crystals), camera di compensazione riconosciuta (recognised clearing house, recognized clearing house), borsa investimenti riconosciuta dalle autorit britanniche (recognised investment exchange, recognized investment exchange), borsa investimenti britannica ufficialmente riconosciuta (recognised investment exchange, recognized investment exchange). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

인식하" (recognized). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ecognisedray

   

Portuguese

  

exploração privada reconhecida (recognised private operating agency, recognized private operating agency), as propriedades do estearato de chumbo como estabilizador dos cristais,dos esmates e sobretudo dos plásticos são muito apreciadas (and above all plastics, are well recognised, enamels, the properties of lead stearate as a stabiliser in crystals). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sociedades de personas con personalidad jurídica (partnerships recognised as independent legal entities), productos netos parciales sobre operaciones en curso-a subdividir por operación (profit recognised on contracts in progress to be subdivided by contracts), las propiedades del estearato de plomo como estabilizador en los cristles,los esmaltes y,sobre todo,los plásticos,son muy apreciadas (and above all plastics, are well recognised, enamels, the properties of lead stearate as a stabiliser in crystals), instituciones sin fines de lucro dotadas de personalidad jurídica (non-profit institutions recognised as independent legal entities), empresa privada de explotación reconocida (administration, recognised private operating agency, recognized private operating agency, RPOA), cámara de compensación reconocida (recognised clearing house, recognized clearing house), bolsa de inversión británica oficialmente reconocida (recognised investment exchange, recognized investment exchange). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

resultatavräknade pågående arbeten (profit recognised on contracts in progress to be subdivided by contracts). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Recognised

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-g-i-n-o-r-s"

-1 letter: congeries, endoergic, genocides, recognise, screeding.

-2 letters: censored, codeines, codesign, cognised, consider, cordings, coreigns, cosigned, cosigner, designer, encoders, energids, eringoes, erogenic, generics, genocide, geodesic, indorsee, necrosed, negroids, receding, recoding, recoined, redesign, reedings, resigned, seceding, seconder.

-3 letters: cinders, codeine, codeins, codgers, cognise, coigned, coignes, coiners, congeed, congees, congers, cording, coreign, cringed, cringes, cronies, decerns, decries, deicers, deniers, dineros, dingers, dingoes, diocese, discern, dreeing, encoder, encodes, encored, encores, endorse, energid, engirds, ergodic, eringos, eroding, genders, generic, genoise, greisen, groined, ignored, ignores, indorse, necrose, negroid, nereids, orceins, ordines, oreides, recodes, recoins, redoing, reeding, regions, reigned, rescind, resined, rosined, scoring, scorned, seconde, secondi, sedgier, seeding, senecio, signore, sincere, soignee, sordine.

-4 letters: ceders, ceding, censed, censer, censor, cering, cerise, ciders, cinder, codein, codens, coders, codger, coding, coigne, coigns, coined, coiner, congee, conger, conges, conies, corgis, coring, corned, cosied, cosier, cosign, cosine, credos, creeds, cringe, crones, decern, decors, deicer, deices, deigns, denier, denies, denser, design, desire, dicers, dienes, dinero, diners, dinger, dinges, dirges, dogies, doings, donees, donsie, dories, dosing, drones, edenic, edgers, edgier, eiders, encode, encore, enders, engird, eosine, eringo, erodes, gender, genies, genres, genros, geodes, geodic, geoids, girned, girons, goners, greeds, greens, grides, grinds, grison, groins, icones, ignore, incogs, ironed, irones, nereid, nereis, nieces, noised, nordic, nosier, onside, orcein, orcins, oreide, orgies, oscine, recode, recoin, recons, reding, redoes, redone, redons, region, reigns, reined, renigs, resend, reside, resign, ridges, ringed, rinsed, rosing, scored, screed, screen, scried, secern, second, seeing, seined, seiner, sender, senior, serein, serine, sering, sieged, signed, signee, signer, signor, singed, singer, snider, snored, soigne, soiree, sonder, soring, sorned.

-5 letters: ceder, cedes, cedis, cense, cered, ceres, ceros, cider, cines, cions, cires, coden, coder, codes, coeds, coign, coins, coirs, coned, cones, conge, cords, cored, cores, corgi, corns, corse, cosie, credo, creed, cried, cries, crone, decor, decos, deers, deice, deign, denes, dense, dicer, dices, diene, diner, dines, dinge, dingo, dings, dirge, disco, doers, doges, dogie, doing, donee, dongs, doser, drees, dregs, dries, drone, edger, edges, egers, eider, eidos, ender, eosin, ernes, erode, erose, genes, genic, genie, genre, genro, geode, geoid, girds, girns, giron, giros, goers, goner, gored, gores, gorse, greed, green, grees, gride, grids, grind, grins, groin, icons, incog, irone, irons, needs, nerds, nicer, nides, niece, nodes, noirs, noise, noris, nosed, ogees, ogres, onces, orcin, orgic, ornis, osier, recon, redes, redon, redos, reeds, reges, reign, reins, rends, renig, resid, resin, resod, riced, rices, rides, ridge, rinds, rings, rinse, risen, rosed, rosin, scend, scene, scion, scone, score, scorn, scree, scrod, seder, sedge, segni, segno.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-g-i-n-o-r-s"
 

+1 letter: proceedings.

 

+2 letters: bedcoverings, crescendoing, recondensing.

 

+3 letters: countersigned, crossbreeding, decompressing, nondecreasing, reconsidering, rediscovering, steroidogenic.

 

+4 letters: deconsecrating, discouragement, monoglycerides.

 

+5 letters: discouragements, endocrinologies, grandiloquences, overindulgences.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Recognised


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 63 6F 67 6E 69 73 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .    -.-.    ---    --.    -.    ..    ...    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01100011 01101111 01100111 01101110 01101001 01110011 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#99 &#111 &#103 &#110 &#105 &#115 &#101 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0063 006F 0067 006E 0069 0073 0065 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

52716981738075857170

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Quotations: Historic
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Translations: Modern
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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