acknowledgment
Americannoun
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an act of acknowledging.
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recognition of the existence or truth of something.
the acknowledgment of a sovereign power.
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an expression of appreciation.
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a thing done or given in appreciation or gratitude.
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Law.
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a declaration before an official that one has executed a particular legal document.
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an official certificate of a formal acknowledging.
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public recognition by a man of an illegitimate child as his own.
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noun
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the act of acknowledging or state of being acknowledged
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something done or given as an expression of thanks, as a reply to a message, etc
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(plural) an author's statement acknowledging his use of the works of other authors, usually printed at the front of a book
Other Word Forms
- preacknowledgement noun
- preacknowledgment noun
- reacknowledgment noun
- superacknowledgment noun
Etymology
Origin of acknowledgment
First recorded in 1585–95; acknowledge + -ment
Example Sentences
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And on Friday, South Korea's national security director Wi Sung-lac told reporters on that the country "respects the One China policy" - the diplomatic acknowledgment that Beijing is the only Chinese government.
From BBC
Her comments seemed to be the first official acknowledgment that Maduro had been taken.
From Los Angeles Times
These moving-average crossovers aren’t necessarily meant to be market-timing signals, given how telegraphed they are, but can act as an acknowledgment of how recent gains have been sustained long enough to impact the long-term outlook.
From MarketWatch
“But unlike physical abuse and neglect, financial abuse is more likely to occur with the tacit acknowledgment and consent of the elder person and can be more difficult to detect and establish,” the researchers add.
From MarketWatch
So after faculty were urged to add land acknowledgments to their syllabi, Mr. Reges had a subversive idea.
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