Definition of "recognizing" []

• Present participle of recognize. (verb)

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• "On the first day of school on Saturday, according to the principal, Mohammed Melek, more than 100 students came to the Anniversary of the Revenge High School, the name recognizing Colonel Qaddafi's expulsion of Italians in 1970."
• "In the Kübler-Ross model, acceptance, which she defined as recognizing that your loved one is permanently gone, is the last and final stage."
• "While the state has no interest in recognizing specific religious ceremonies, the institution of marriage SHOULD NOT be relegated to mere religious significance."