acknowledgment
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3.9
- noun
- /əkˈnɑːlɪdʒmənt/
- US
:
agradecimiento
- Here, the rewards of reading first-person accounts are undermined by the absence of editorial acknowledgment of the inconsistencies that arise.
- the acknowledgments page
- grateful acknowledgment
- see the acknowledgments
There is an index, and then there are some acknowledgments at the very end of it.
- There is an index, and then there are some acknowledgments at the very end of it.
- I think that in the acknowledgement, there's one moment where she says about someone.
- Well, as I say in the beginning of the book in the acknowledgement, you know, when I was young, I thought that activism was a, was a Sprint.
- And I read the acknowledgements and I just, I feel like authors should learn not to say this in public.
- There is a nice acknowledgements appendix, a lot of notes, which is quite good and a very good index as well.
Examples
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You get acknowledgement and people know who you are from me.
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Providing staff with multiple perspectives on the importance of acknowledgments was helpful in securing staff participation.
Academic text (2015) -
And what I love is that most people would rather get an acknowledgement from you than a physical gift.
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First of all, there has to be an acknowledgement that it is important because when things are important, they tend to happen in schools.
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No shipments are permitted without a letter of acknowledgment from Transport Canada.
Academic text (1992) -
Once students received three acknowledgments, they earned access to the class treasure box to choose an item.
Academic text (2013) -
Dickens began with an acknowledgment of the usefulness of the Theatrical Fund.
Fiction book (1990) -
In text-based chats, each participant can be encouraged to participate with simple acknowledgment, such as a greeting when entering the chat.
Academic text (2013) -
Proctors from twelve institutions (see acknowledgments) distributed the questionnaire to students of theirs who volunteered to respond.
Academic text (2000) -
In the book's preface, the author included an acknowledgment thanking all those who supported her research.
Synonyms
829
2.4
Praise or public recognition for something someone did
329
3.2
Mention of a source that shows where information comes from
220
2.5
A short reference to someone or something
49
5.1
A note showing where information comes from, like a book or article
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4.2
Giving credit to the person who created a work or idea
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6.0
A short public thank you or recognition given to someone, often in writing
How Thankful
Surface Forms
Morphology
acknowledgment = acknowledge (transparent) = acknowledge + ment
Nominalization of the verb indicating an instance of acknowledging, here specialized to expressions of thanks or credit in publications.
Etymology
Acknowledgment is linked to knowledge ('to know') and became the name for a note where an author shows who helped. So an acknowledgment in a book is the writer's way of saying they know and thank those people.