reconnaître — meaning in English
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English meaning
- acknowledge verb To accept or admit that something is true.
- admit verb To allow someone or something to enter.
- concede verb To admit, often reluctantly, that something is true.
- dub verb To give something a name or nickname.
- recognize verb To identify someone or something as already known from a previous encounter.
Senses
reconnaître is used for these senses in English:
- acknowledge (transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
- admit (transitive, or, intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
- concede To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
- dub (transitive, now, informal) To name, to entitle, to call. [from the later 16th c.]
- reconnoiter (American spelling, transitive, intransitive, military) To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information.
acknowledge — full definition
- verb To accept or admit that something is true.
- verb To recognize someone or something formally, or to respond confirming receipt of something.
admit — full definition
- verb To allow someone or something to enter.
- verb To acknowledge, often reluctantly, that something is true.