noun
Meaning 1
The act of acknowledging
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: admission
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
acknowledgment
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /əkˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ.mənt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /əɡˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒ.mənt/
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General-American: /əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ.mənt/
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General-American: /əɡˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ.mənt/
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noun
Meaning 2
The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- He just grunted in acknowledgment of my greeting.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nod
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- the acknowledgment of a favor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- the acknowledgment of a wedding invitation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: communications, computing, electrical-engineering, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences, telecommunications
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- acknowledgment of a deed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
a statement acknowledging something or someone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment
- the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: acknowledgement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: message, content, subject matter, substance
Narrower terms: credits, receipt, farewell, word of farewell, greeting, salutation, aloha, ciao, handshake, shake, handshaking, handclasp, apology, mea culpa, condolence, commiseration, declination, regrets, admission, thanks
noun
Meaning 11
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the student's essay failed to list several important citations
- the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
- the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: citation, cite, credit, reference, mention, quotation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: note, annotation, notation
Narrower terms: photo credit, cross-reference, cross-index
noun
Meaning 12
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: recognition, acknowledgement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acceptance
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English acknowledge Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English acknowledgment From acknowledge + -ment.
Across languages
Translations
122 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: прызна́нне (pryznánnje) — act of acknowledging
- Belarusian: пацвярджэ́нне (pacvjardžénnje) — act of acknowledging
- Bengali: স্বীকৃতি (śikriti) — act of acknowledging
- Bulgarian: призна́ние (priznánie) — act of acknowledging
- Bulgarian: потвържде́ние (potvǎrždénie) — act of acknowledging
- Catalan: reconeixement — act of acknowledging
- Chinese Mandarin: 承認 /承认 (chéngrèn) — act of acknowledging
- Corsican: riconoscimentu — act of acknowledging
- Corsican: ricunoscimentu — act of acknowledging
- Czech: uznání — act of acknowledging
- Czech: přiznání — act of acknowledging
- Danish: anerkendelse — act of acknowledging
- Danish: kvittering — act of acknowledging
- Dutch: erkenning — act of acknowledging
- Dutch: bekentenis — act of acknowledging
- Esperanto: agnosko — act of acknowledging
- Esperanto: kvitanco — act of acknowledging
- Estonian: vastuvõtukinnitus — act of acknowledging
- Finnish: kuittaus — act of acknowledging
- Finnish: myöntäminen — act of acknowledging
- Finnish: tunnustaminen — act of acknowledging
- Finnish: tunnustus — act of acknowledging
- Finnish: hyväksyntä — act of acknowledging
- Finnish: hyväksyminen — act of acknowledging
- Finnish: omistaminen — act of acknowledging
- French: aveu — act of acknowledging
- French: confession — act of acknowledging
- French: reconnaissance — act of acknowledging
- German: Anerkennung — act of acknowledging
- German: Bestätigung — act of acknowledging
- Hindi: स्वीकार (svīkār) — act of acknowledging
- Hungarian: elismerés — act of acknowledging
- Interlingua: admission — act of acknowledging
- Interlingua: recognoscimento — act of acknowledging
- Irish: admháil — act of acknowledging
- Italian: riconoscimento — act of acknowledging
- Japanese: 承認 (shōnin) — act of acknowledging
- Japanese: 承知 (shōchi) — act of acknowledging
- Korean: 승인 (seung'in) — act of acknowledging
- Latin: confessio — act of acknowledging
- Māori: tūtohunga — act of acknowledging
- Portuguese: reconhecimento — act of acknowledging
- Romanian: recunoaștere — act of acknowledging
- Russian: призна́ние (priznánije) — act of acknowledging
- Russian: подтвержде́ние (podtverždénije) — act of acknowledging
- Serbo-Croatian: призна́ње — act of acknowledging
- Serbo-Croatian: priznánje — act of acknowledging
- Spanish: reconocimiento — act of acknowledging
- Swedish: erkännande — act of acknowledging
- Ukrainian: визна́ння (vyznánnja) — act of acknowledging
- Ukrainian: підтве́рдження (pidtvérdžennja) — act of acknowledging
- Volapük: dasev — act of acknowledging
- Bulgarian: призна́ние (priznánie) — act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship
- Dutch: erkenning — act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship
- Esperanto: agnosko — act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship
- Finnish: tunnustaminen — act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship
- German: Anerkennung — act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship
- German: Anerkenntnis — act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship
- Irish: admháil — act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship
- Italian: riconoscimento — act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship
- Portuguese: reconhecimento — act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship
- Romanian: recunoaștere — act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship
- Serbo-Croatian: препознавање — act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship
- Serbo-Croatian: prepoznavanje — act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship
- Bulgarian: отли́чие (otlíčie) — award
- Dutch: toekenning — award
- Dutch: erkenning — award
- Finnish: tunnustuspalkinto — award
- Finnish: palkinto — award
- Finnish: huomionosoitus — award
- French: récompense — award
- German: Anerkennung — award
- Italian: riconoscimento — award
- Portuguese: reconhecimento — award
- Bulgarian: призна́телност (priznátelnost) — expression of thanks
- Bulgarian: благодарност (blagodarnost) — expression of thanks
- Catalan: agraïment — expression of thanks
- Dutch: erkentelijkheid — expression of thanks
- Finnish: tunnustus — expression of thanks
- Finnish: kiitos — expression of thanks
- Finnish: omistuskirjoitus — expression of thanks
- French: remerciement — expression of thanks
- German: Danksagung — expression of thanks
- Italian: riconoscimento — expression of thanks
- Japanese: 謝辞 (shaji) — expression of thanks
- Māori: whakawhetaitanga — expression of thanks
- Portuguese: reconhecimento — expression of thanks
- Romanian: recunoștință — expression of thanks
- Romanian: apreciere — expression of thanks
- Serbo-Croatian: захвалница — expression of thanks
- Serbo-Croatian: за̏хвала — expression of thanks
- Serbo-Croatian: zahvalnica — expression of thanks
- Serbo-Croatian: zȁhvala — expression of thanks
- Bulgarian: потвърждение (potvǎrždenie) — message informing that the originator's communication has been received and understood
- Dutch: ontvangstbevestiging — message informing that the originator's communication has been received and understood
- Esperanto: kvitanco — message informing that the originator's communication has been received and understood
- Finnish: vastaus — message informing that the originator's communication has been received and understood
- German: Quittung — message informing that the originator's communication has been received and understood
- Serbo-Croatian: по̏тврда — message informing that the originator's communication has been received and understood
- Serbo-Croatian: pȍtvrda — message informing that the originator's communication has been received and understood
- Dutch: ontvangstbevestiging — indication of a successful receipt of a transmission
- Dutch: kwitantie — indication of a successful receipt of a transmission
- Esperanto: kvitanco — indication of a successful receipt of a transmission
- Finnish: vastaanottoilmoitus — indication of a successful receipt of a transmission
- Finnish: kuittaus — indication of a successful receipt of a transmission
- German: Quittung — indication of a successful receipt of a transmission
- Hungarian: visszaigazolás — indication of a successful receipt of a transmission
- Romanian: chitanță — indication of a successful receipt of a transmission
- Romanian: recipisă — indication of a successful receipt of a transmission
- Bulgarian: припозна́ване (pripoznávane) — act of a man admitting a child as his own
- Dutch: erkenning — act of a man admitting a child as his own
- Finnish: isyyden tunnustaminen — act of a man admitting a child as his own
- German: Anerkennung — act of a man admitting a child as his own
- Italian: riconoscimento — act of a man admitting a child as his own
- Japanese: 認知 (ninchi) — act of a man admitting a child as his own
- Portuguese: reconhecimento — act of a man admitting a child as his own
- Romanian: recunoaștere — act of a man admitting a child as his own
- Romanian: adeverire — act of a man admitting a child as his own
- Bulgarian: потвържде́ние (potvǎrždénie) — formal statement or document recognizing the fulfilment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure
- Dutch: bevestiging — formal statement or document recognizing the fulfilment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure
- Finnish: todistus — formal statement or document recognizing the fulfilment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure
- German: Bestätigung — formal statement or document recognizing the fulfilment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure
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