Learn How to Pronounce RECOGNIZE – RECOGNIZE in a Sentence

Learn how to pronounce RECOGNIZE correctly by understanding the syllables. Then see RECOGNIZE in a sentence along with an illustration as a memory aid.

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RECOGNIZE – it’s a verb with 3 syllables. Stress the 1st syllable.

It’s pronounced: REK-og-nize

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RECOGNIZE
Definition:
1. to identify someone or something from past experience
2. to approve or show appreciation for

The clipart shows a smiley face waving, having recognized someone.

Here is an illustrated sentence example.

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The picture shows two women talking.

Sentence example: “Oh, it’s you!” her friend said. “I hardly recognized you with your hair in a pony tail.”

Note the collocation “hardly recognized” which is common in English. It means it is difficult to recognize a familiar person or thing because of changed appearance.

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Examples of RECOGNIZE from news items:

This has unfortunately become the only way to be recognized as an Indigenous person by settlers: wearing long or braided hair, buckskin jackets, feathers and/or beads and war paint.
Source: Salon
https://www.salon.com/2022/09/11/cultural-taxidermy-nfl-sports-brands-indigenous/

Taylor Russell won the Marcello Mastroianni Award, which recognizes an outstanding emerging actor, for her performance as a young cannibal in “Bones and All.”
Source: New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/10/movies/all-the-beauty-and-the-bloodshed-venice.html

What due time means could be subject to interpretation, but the board should recognize that repairs and replacements must be made and have a plan for addressing those repairs.
Source: Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/08/22/reckoning-may-be-store-condo-boards-that-ignore-needed-repairs/

We found that they recognize several more behaviors that might make a child appear less smart in front of fellow kids, such as admitting to failure or modestly downplaying successes.
Source: Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-kids-are-afraid-to-ask-for-help/

“It’s dependent on all of those who work at an airport. If you see someone you don’t recognize or some unusual activity, you’re supposed to report that.”
Source: Washington Times
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/sep/3/crash-threat-over-mississippi-skies-ends-with-pilo/

If you are interested in how to pronounce RECOGNIZE, be sure to check other words in The Punctuation Guide such as:
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