Scrabble & Words with friends points
- recognition is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
- recognition is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
- recognition is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 18
Definition of recognition
- approval (noun)
Examples
- give her recognition for trying
Synonyms
- credit
- the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering (noun)
Examples
- a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces
- experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer
Synonyms
- identification
- the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged (noun)
Examples
- the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
- she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own
Synonyms
- acknowledgement
- acknowledgment
- coming to understand something clearly and distinctly (noun)
Examples
- a sudden recognition of the problem he faced
- increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases
Synonyms
- realisation
- realization
- an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid (noun)
Examples
- the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States
- (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape (noun)
Examples
- molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities
- designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body (noun)
Examples
- he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman
- the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country (noun)
Examples
- territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991
See definition of recognition in Merriam Webster