Acknowledge

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English

Verb

Acknowledge (third-person singular simple present Acknowledges, present participle acknowledging, simple past and past participle acknowledged)

  1. (transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.
  2. To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
  3. To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor.
  4. To notify receipt, as of a letter.
  5. To own as genuine or valid; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed.

Adverbs for Acknowledge

gratefully; appreciatively; tacitly; thankfully; obsequiously; grudgingly; pusillanimously; handsomely; tardily; instinctively; cheerfully; profusely; indulgently; exuberantly; restrainedly; warmly; characteristically; graciously: jocosely; belatedly; glumiy; obstreperously; boisterously; taciturnly; incoherently.

Synonyms for Acknowledge

avow, proclaim, recognize, own, admit, allow, concede, confess, confess, believe, accept, grant, endorse, profess, subscribe, declare, uphold, certify.

Antonyms for Acknowledge

refuse, decline, deny, ignore, repudiate, renounce, disown.

Thesaurus

accept; account for; accredit with; accrete to; admit; admit everything; affirm; agree; agree provisionally; allege; allow; announce; answer; answer back; apply to; ascribe to; assent grudgingly; asseverate; assign to; attach to; attest; attribute to; aver; avouch; avow; bear the expense; bear witness; blame; blame for; blame on; bless; bring home to; certify; charge on; charge to; chip in; come back; come back at; come clean; concede; confess; connect with; consider; cop a plea; credit; credit with; declare; deem; defray; defray expenses; depone; depose; disclose; divulge; echo; express general agreement; fasten upon; father upon; finance; fix on; fix upon; flash back; foot the bill; fund; give acknowledgment; give answer; give credit; give evidence; give thanks; go Dutch; go along with; grant; hang on; hold; honor a bill; impute to; lay to; let on; make acknowledgments of; not oppose; offer thanks; open up; out with it; own; own up; pay for; pay the bill; pay the piper; pin on; pinpoint; place upon; plead guilty; point to; proclaim; publish; react; receive; recognize; redeem; reecho; refer to; rejoin; render credit; render thanks; reply; respond; retort; return; return answer; return for answer; return thanks; reveal; reverberate; riposte; saddle on; saddle with; say; say in reply; set down to; settle upon; shoot back; spill; spill it; spit it out; stand the costs; swear; talk back; tell; tell all; tell the truth; testify; thank; view; vouch; warrant; witness; yield

Etymology

Recorded since 1553, a blend (with a parasitic c slipped in) of Middle English aknow (from Old English oncnawan (“to understand”), itself from on + cnawan (“to recognize”)) + knowlechen (“to admit”). Other sources derive it from the prefix a- + a verb knowledge, and compare acknow.

Pronunciation

Notes

  • Acknowledge is opposed to keep back, or conceal, and supposes that something had been previously known to us (though perhaps not to others) which we now feel bound to lay open or make public. Thus, a man acknowledges a secret marriage; one who has done wrong acknowledges his fault; and author acknowledges his obligation to those who have aided him; we acknowledge our ignorance.
  • Recognize supposes that we have either forgotten or not had the evidence of a thing distinctly before our minds, but that now we know it (as it were) anew, or receive and admit in on the ground of the evidence it brings. Thus, we recognize a friend after a long absence. We recognize facts, principles, truths, etc., when their evidence is brought up fresh to the mind; as, bad men usually recognize the providence of God in seasons of danger. A foreign minister, consul, or agent, of any kind, is recognized on the ground of his producing satisfactory credentials.
  • See also confess


Derived terms

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Translations

To admit the knowledge of
To admit the claims or authority of
To own with gratitude
To own as genuine or valid
To notify receipt
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