Variant(s): or ac·knowl·edge·ment /ik-'nä-lij-m&nt, ak-/
Function: noun
Date: 1594
1 a : the act of acknowledging b : recognition or favorable notice of an act or achievement
2 : a thing done or given in recognition of something received
3 : a declaration or avowal of one's act or of a fact to give it legal validity
Main Entry: rec·og·ni·tion
Pronunciation: "re-kig-'ni-sh&n, -k&g-
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English recognicion, from Latin recognition-, recognitio, from
recognoscere
Date: 15th century
1 : the action of recognizing : the state of being recognized: as a : ACKNOWLEDGMENT;
especially : formal acknowledgment of the political existence of a government or nation b :
knowledge or feeling that someone or something present has been encountered before
2 : special notice or attention
3 : the sensing and encoding of printed or written data by a machine <optical character
recognition> <magnetic ink character recognition>
Main Entry: cog·ni·tion
Pronunciation: käg-'ni-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cognicioun, from Latin cognition-, cognitio, from cognoscere
to become acquainted with, know, from co- + gnoscere to come to know -- more at KNOW
Date: 15th century
: the act or process of knowing including both awareness and judgment; also : a product of
this act
- cog·ni·tion·al /-'nish-n&l, -'ni-sh&-n&l/ adjective
Main Entry: cred·i·bil·i·ty
Pronunciation: "kre-d&-'bi-l&-tE
Function: noun
Date: 1594
1 : the quality or power of inspiring belief <an account lacking in credibility>
2 : capacity for belief <strains her reader's credibility -- Times Literary Supplement>