to acknowledge
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3.8
- verb
- /əkˈnɑːlɪdʒ/
:
admitir
- I just want you to acknowledge the toll that it's taking on us.
- acknowledge the existence
- acknowledge the limitations
- widely acknowledged
Israel, even Chuck Schumer will acknowledge that, more or less.
- Israel, even Chuck Schumer will acknowledge that, more or less.
- Because we suffer, we acknowledge we have erred.
- And if we can acknowledge that, we can manage it.
- So you acknowledge, you accept that it's there.
- That's very different than acknowledging that something exists.
- But actually the right choice is to acknowledge it and heal it.
- It means painfully acknowledging that this is what it is.
- And, you know, you need to acknowledge that pain to heal.
- And I said I do have to acknowledge and I got to make amends.
- It doesn't want to acknowledge the wrong individual.
- We we wanted to acknowledge that nine years had passed.
- And I think we we just need to acknowledge that more is not always better.
- He fathered children in the North that were not acknowledged by his American wife.
- So recognize and acknowledge the breakup was necessary.
Examples
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I think we have to acknowledge the possibility that the president may be dead.
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Let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.
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You need to be big enough to acknowledge that you are broken.
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So what you have to do is acknowledge that they are right.
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We also need to acknowledge our crisis of faith.
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I acknowledge we know less than we thought.
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And, you know, you need to acknowledge that pain to heal.
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No matter how you feel about the colonization of America, it did happen and we should acknowledge that.
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The best in the world readily acknowledge that they don't know.
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She admitted to herself that she needed to acknowledge her mistakes in order to move forward.
Synonyms
∞
2.0
Say that something is true without wanting to
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1.3
To believe or agree that something is true
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1.4
To accept something as official or valid
331
3.8
To admit that something is true, often reluctantly
146
4.9
To say that something is true even when you do not want to say it
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4.1
To state clearly that something is true or show support for it
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3.0
To accept an idea or belief as true
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4.5
Believe something is true without checking it
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6.6
To agree to a plan or idea, often formally
To accept an invitation, request, or terms online
Antonyms
How Accepting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Acknowledge comes from old words meaning 'to know', the same root as know and knowledge. So to acknowledge a fact or a mistake is to admit you 'know' it is true.