Recognize
Recognize verb - To have a clear idea of.
To realize and recognize are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "To realize" with "Recognize", this terms are similar.
To realize
Recognize and to realize are semantically related. You can use "Recognize" instead a verb phrase "To realize".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- conceive and recognize
- conceive and to realize
- appreciate and recognize
- appreciate and to realize
- notice and recognize
- notice and to realize
- see and recognize
- see and to realize
- perceive and recognize
- perceive and to realize
- acknowledge and recognize
- acknowledge and to realize
- make and recognize
- make and to realize
Both terms in one sentence
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He's distressed to realize how little of the culture he understands—he doesn't even recognize which language his relatives are speaking (it's Hokkien).
Source: The Whitest Black Guy -
There is no excuse for him failing to realize that Dickie Bennett would recognize that it was Arlo who helped Boyd rob Dickie's big drug deal.
Source: Series / Justified -
Genre Blind: The dwarves don't recognize Robin Hood and don't appear to realize that the Titanic is going to hit an iceberg.
Source: Film / Time Bandits
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