recognize
/ˈrek·əgˌnɑɪz/ v [T] (KNOW)Definition
› to know someone or something because you have seen or experienced that person or thing before: I recognized my old high school teacher from the photograph. Doctors are trained to recognize the symptoms of different diseases. recognizably /ˈrek·əgˌnɑɪ·zə·bli/ adv › a recognizably American name
(Definition of recognize v (KNOW) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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