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Meanings of acknowledgement in English

Portuguese
agradecimento
Catalan
gratitud
Spanish
reconocimiento

Act of acknowledging a fact already recognized by others to be true.

agradecimento
Catalan
confirmació

Message used to indicate receipt of a message or other item.

confirmació
Usage of acknowledgement in English
1
Rather it is simply an acknowledgement that different challenges require different solutions.
The Guardian
2
DeMerit did it his way though, and deserves his moment of acknowledgement.
The Guardian
3
This neglect and lack of acknowledgement of our Defence Forces is dangerous.
The Irish Times
4
Grateful acknowledgement is made for permission to reproduce lines from the following:
A week in december
5
It is workload, it is acknowledgement that we do a good job.
Radio NZ
6
Again and again they cheered, again and again Washington bowed in acknowledgement.
This Country of Ours
7
Something in that casual acknowledgement irked Dorin -too self-possessedby far.
Dancer’s Lament
8
Apologies did not come easily to Barak, and I nodded in acknowledgement.
Sovereign
9
This acknowledgement bound David and Donald in a closer communion of sorrow.
Scottish sketches
10
They are not comparing themselves to people whose actions truly deserve acknowledgement.
Ebony
11
Betty touched his hand as if in acknowledgement of a shared sorrow.
The new yorker
12
There seemed little acknowledgement of what Brexit meant beyond leaving the EU.
The Guardian
13
And as the accusation is individual, so, likewise, must the acknowledgement be.
The Teaching of Jesus
14
The lack of aid or acknowledgement from the gods was bad enough.
Book One: Apotheosis
15
That is, the desire to be distinguished is an acknowledgement of insufficiency.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
16
Mr Cracknell nodded in wary acknowledgement, knowing that a qualification was coming.
The street philosopher
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Acknowledgement through the time
Acknowledgement across language varieties
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