Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To admit the existence or truth of.
- transitive verb To express recognition of; make notice of.
- transitive verb To express gratitude or appreciation for or to.
- transitive verb To report the receipt of (something) to the sender or giver.
- transitive verb Law To accept or certify as legally binding.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To admit or profess a knowledge of; avow to be within one's knowledge or apprehension; own to be real or true; recognize the existence, truth, or fact of: as, to
acknowledge God, or the existence of or belief in a God; to acknowledge the rights of a claimant. - To express or manifest perception or appreciation of; give evidence of recognizing or realizing: as, to
acknowledge an acquaintance by bowing; to acknowledge a favor or one's faults. - To own the genuineness of; own as binding or of legal force: as, to
acknowledge a deed. - To admit or certify the receipt of; give information of the arrival of: as, to
acknowledge a letter or a remittance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To own or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
- transitive verb To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
- transitive verb To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation.
- transitive verb To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb 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. - verb To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
- verb To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor.
- verb To
notify receipt, as of a letter. - verb To own as
genuine orvalid ; toassent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with
- verb report the receipt of
- verb accept as legally binding and valid
- verb express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for
- verb declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
- verb accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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What you fail to mention or acknowledge is that while charter schools do need to take all comers they are free to push out students that do not conform to the program.
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Another thing they will not acknowledge is the make-up of the force arresting and deporting these criminal entrants.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Affirmative Action and Racial Profiling Revisited 2010
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January 23rd, 2010 at 6: 30 pm ralph the wonder llama says: pezmiztix says: what you are failing to acknowledge is obama has done nothing but focus on pushing his ideological agenda upon the country INSTEAD off focusing on the needs of the country
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Finally, and possibly most importantly, what Balkin fails to acknowledge is that when it comes to the law-making procedures, the Court has not historically taken a functionalist approach, but instead has adhered to a very rigorous formalist approach.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Balkin on the “Slaughter Solution” 2010
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What Goldstein fails to acknowledge is that this line has already been crossed.
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What the Mayor and all other tunnel fear-mongers refuse to acknowledge is that, according to the Attorney General, the state probably cannot even require the city to pay cost overruns.
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Because they are evil people who would be the first to nail Christ to the cross if he ever did try to come back. pezmiztix says: what you are failing to acknowledge is obama has done nothing but focus on pushing his ideological agenda upon the country INSTEAD off focusing on the needs of the country
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But what they refuse to acknowledge is that the Bush Administration lied about the necessity for going to war, and that they knew the things they were syaing were not true.
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What Goldstein fails to acknowledge is that this line has already been crossed.
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What they will not acknowledge is that the Home Office will have spent £400,000 of taxpayers 'money to make the series.
Labour propaganda/brainwashing Not a sheep 2008
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