Meaning & use
recognized
Officially accepted or acknowledged, or identified as familiar from previous knowledge.
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The clinic is a recognized center for treating rare autoimmune diseases.
He immediately recognized the melody from a song his mother used to hum.
A note on using this word
Recognized as a status word implies formal approval, while remembering something familiar is a separate, everyday sense.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
unrecognizedunknown
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