1.the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged;
the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
2.the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering;
a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces
3.approval;
give her recognition for trying
4.coming to understand something clearly and distinctly;
a growing realization of the risk involved
5.(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape;
molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities
6.the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country;
territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991
7.an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid;
the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States
8.designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body;
he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman