acknowledgment
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4.2
- noun
- /əkˈnɑːlɪdʒmənt/
- US
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reconocimiento
- You can't say sorry with feeling, with acknowledgment for pain caused or damage done.
- public acknowledgment
- receive acknowledgment
- widespread acknowledgment
Now, under those circumstances, acknowledgement of narcissism is messy.
- Now, under those circumstances, acknowledgement of narcissism is messy.
- And peace really starts with just the acknowledgement of of reality.
- But if, but every road to change has to start with an acknowledgement, right?
- And This is why it's so important that acknowledgement, because acknowledgement is the first step of understanding.
- Now the, the recognition and acknowledgement, you know, lexically it sounds like they're two different things.
- And one of the things that is outstanding is the general acknowledgement that observation of something changes it.
- But this is not something that has been scientifically proven or received universal acknowledgement.
- So that's just acknowledgement first, then it's not.
- It's your an acknowledgement of life.
Examples
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I'll need you to sign this acknowledgment that we had this talk and you are aware of it.
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Agent Marks, I need some sort of acknowledgment from you.
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Most of these folks, they just want some acknowledgment of what happened.
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Leaders were often given flowers as signs of respect and acknowledgment of their high status.
Academic text (2011) -
All families should receive acknowledgment of the widespread impact of this injury.
Academic text (2015) -
There is going to be a delay in our acknowledgment of your position as tribal chief.
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My only condition is that she again be present to witness your acknowledgment of the wrongs... that you have done to me.
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I also want to extend an acknowledgement to the many reunion classes who are here this week.
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Being selected for a teaching assistantship implies acknowledgment of abilities in both learning and teaching.
Academic text (1991) -
The professor received an acknowledgment from the committee for her groundbreaking research.
Synonyms
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3.8
A statement where someone says they did something after denying it
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2.7
Being approved or welcomed by other people
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2.8
An official body accepts something as true or real
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3.8
A positive statement that something is true or good
An act of receiving something with approval
A formal statement saying something is true instead of swearing an oath
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
acknowledgment = acknowledge (transparent) = acknowledge + ment
Regular derivation: '-ment' forms a noun meaning the act or process of acknowledging.
Etymology
Acknowledgment shares its root with knowledge ('to know'), and it came to mean admitting or accepting something as true. So when someone gives an acknowledgment they are showing they know and accept a fact.