acknowledgment
Nouns
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(n) 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
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(n) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- the student's essay failed to list several important citations
- the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
- the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
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(n) 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