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ac·knowl·edg·ment
or ac·knowl·edge·ment (ăk-nŏl′ĭj-mənt)n.
1. The act of admitting the existence or truth of something: acknowledgment that the service was poor.
2.
a. Recognition or notice: peace based on acknowledgment of a nation's sovereignty.
b. An expression of thanks or appreciation: included acknowledgments of people who helped in making the book.
3. An answer or response in return for something: sent an acknowledgment of receipt of the letter.
4. Law The formal avowal of an act before a legally empowered officer, such as a judge or notary public, to ensure that the act will be legally recognized.
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| Noun | 1. |  acknowledgement - the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work"; "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own"acceptance - the state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club" |
| 2. |  acknowledgement - a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her"credits - a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film) receipt - an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made farewell, word of farewell - an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting greeting, salutation - (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting) aloha, ciao - an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) handclasp, handshake, handshaking, shake - grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) apology - an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone; "he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess" mea culpa - an acknowledgment of your error or guilt condolence, commiseration - an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent their condolences" regrets, declination - a polite refusal of an invitation admission - an acknowledgment of the truth of something thanks - an acknowledgment of appreciation |
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acknowledgement
acknowledgmentnoun
1. recognition, allowing, understanding, yielding, profession, admission, awareness, acceptance, confession, realization, accession, acquiescence He appreciated her acknowledgement of his maturity.
2. greeting, welcome, notice, recognition, reception, hail, hailing, salute, salutation He smiled in acknowledgement and gave her a bow.
3. appreciation, answer, thanks, credit, response, reply, reaction, recognition, gratitude, indebtedness, thankfulness, gratefulness Grateful acknowledgement is made for permission to reprint.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
acknowledgment
or acknowledgementnoun
1. The act of admitting to something:
2. Favorable notice, as of an achievement:
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Translations
potvrzenípřiznáníuznání
anerkendelse
tunnustaminenvastaustodistus
potvrda
承認
인정
bekräftelse
การยอมรับ
sự công nhận
acknowledgement
[əkˈnɒlɪdʒmənt] N1. (= admission) → admisión f; (= recognition) → reconocimiento m
in acknowledgement of → en reconocimiento de, en agradecimiento a
I wish to make public acknowledgement of the help → quiero agradecer públicamente la ayuda
to make acknowledgements → expresar su agradecimiento
in acknowledgement of → en reconocimiento de, en agradecimiento a
I wish to make public acknowledgement of the help → quiero agradecer públicamente la ayuda
to make acknowledgements → expresar su agradecimiento
3. [of greeting] → contestación f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
acknowledgement
[ækˈnɒlɪdʒmənt] n
(= acceptance) [problem, defeat, failure] → aveu m
sb's acknowledgement that ... → l'aveu de qn du fait que ...
sb's acknowledgement that ... → l'aveu de qn du fait que ...
(= appreciation, recognition) [applause, compliments] → reconnaissance f
(= gesture of recognition) [person met] to smile in acknowledgement → sourire en signe de reconnaissance
acknowledgements npl (in book) → remerciements mplacknowledgement slip n → accusé m de réception
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
acknowledgement
n → Anerkennung f; (of quotation) → Angabe f; (= recognition: of truth, fault, defeat etc) → Eingeständnis nt; (of letter, present) → Empfangsbestätigung f; (of greetings, cheers etc) → Erwiderung f; he waved in acknowledgement → er winkte zurück; in acknowledgement of → in Anerkennung (+gen); to quote without acknowledgement → ohne Quellenangabe zitieren; I received no acknowledgement → ich erhielt keine Antwort; as an acknowledgement of my gratitude → zum Zeichen meiner Dankbarkeit; acknowledgements are due to … → ich habe/wir haben … zu danken; (in book) → mein/unser Dank gilt …
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
acknowledgement
[əkˈnɒlɪdʒmənt]a. n (admission) → ammissione f, riconoscimento; (of letter) → conferma (di aver ricevuto)
in acknowledgement of → a riconoscimento di
in acknowledgement of → a riconoscimento di
b. acknowledgements npl (in book) → ringraziamenti mpl
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
acknowledgement
→ إِعْتِراف potvrzení anerkendelse Anerkennung παραδοχή reconocimiento tunnustaminen reconnaissance potvrda riconoscimento 承認 인정 erkenning erkjennelse potwierdzenie confirmação признание bekräftelse การยอมรับ ikrar sự công nhận 承认Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009