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ACKNOWLEDGED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Recognized or made known or admitted
Example:
his acknowledged error
Classified under:
Similar:
accepted; recognised; recognized (generally approved or compelling recognition)
self-confessed (owned up to)
assumptive (accepted as real or true without proof)
declarable (that must be declared)
given; granted (acknowledged as a supposition)
putative (purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds)
Also:
known (apprehended with certainty)
Attribute:
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition (the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged)
Antonym:
unacknowledged (not recognized or admitted)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Generally accepted
Classified under:
Similar:
unquestionable (incapable of being questioned)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb acknowledge
Context examples:
At long last, your talents will be acknowledged, appreciated, and applauded.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
"The bottom line is that we don't know the answer," Jacobs acknowledged.
(Vitamin C Might Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment Time, Study Indicates, VOA/Steve Baragona)
Dr Hunt has long acknowledged that measuring humans' exposure to BPAs is difficult - but argues that that is all the more reason to air on the side of caution.
(Humans exposed to far more hormone-disrupting chemicals than thought, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Hirtenberger Defence Group also acknowledged the deal.
(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)
For the first time his arms folded her gently and with sympathy, and she acknowledged it with a happy movement and a brightening face.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Scientists participating in workshops in the U.S. and U.K. in the past year acknowledged that the future activity of the glacier is an unknown and a potential major concern.
(West Antarctica's largest glacier may have started retreating as early as the 1940s, NSF)
“You’re right,” he acknowledged at once.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It removes more than half my misfortune, and I feel as if I could die in peace now that my innocence is acknowledged by you, dear lady, and your cousin.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
"Thy father was brave man," Ebbits acknowledged, with the air of one who will keep peace in the house at any cost.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Having thus acknowledged what I owe those who have aided and approved me, I turn to another class; a small one, so far as I know, but not, therefore, to be overlooked.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
