erkänna — 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.
- avow verb To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- concede verb To admit, often reluctantly, that something is true.
- confess verb To admit that you have done something wrong, or that something is true.
- own adj Belonging to a particular person; used to stress possession.
- recognize verb To identify someone or something as already known from a previous encounter.
Senses
erkänna 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).
- avow (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- concede To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
- concede To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
- confess (intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
- own (transitive) To take responsibility for.
- recognize (transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
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.