recognise

Pronunciation

• (UK, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛkənaɪz/, /ˈɹɛkəɡnaɪz/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɹekənɑɪz/, /ˈɹekəɡnɑɪz/

Verb

recognise (third-person singular simple present recognises, present participle recognising, simple past and past participle recognised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of recognize.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:

     “[…] That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. […]”

   • 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:

     Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul.

   • 2025 March 5, Richard Wilcock, “In defence of the train drivers”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 33:

     "When you think about it, who wants to drive 300 tonnes of steel at 125mph in the pitch black at four o'clock in the morning?" Whelan says this with a wry smile, however, recognising that these are exactly the sort of things that train drivers love about their jobs.

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