Sample Sentences for
acknowledge
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acknowledge as in:  acknowledge her or the truth

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    She acknowledged her mistake and apologized.
    acknowledged = admitted
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    Sorrento didn't return these salutes or acknowledge his underlings in any way.  (source)
    acknowledge = express recognition of
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    I have to acknowledge quite openly that it may be a fatal danger.  (source)
    acknowledge = recognize
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    He was with his friends and didn't acknowledge me in any way.  (source)
    acknowledge = express recognition of
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    "Actually, I've spoken to her a number of times," his mother acknowledged.  (source)
    acknowledged = admitted
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    Walking through the X-ray machine marked the first time I'd taken a step without oxygen in some months, and it felt pretty amazing to walk unencumbered like that, stepping across the Rubicon, the machine's silence acknowledging that I was, however briefly, a nonmetallicized creature.  (source)
    acknowledging = recognizing
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    Something's changed between us, and neither one of us acknowledges it.  (source)
    acknowledges = expresses recognition of
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    The four unacknowledged members of our household were already climbing up to the secret room two times a day: in the morning to store their night clothes, bedding, and toilet articles, and in the evening to put away their day things.  (source)
    unacknowledged = secret (not openly recognized)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unacknowledged means not and reverses the meaning of acknowledged. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    To do those things to another, which he takes for signes of Honour, or which the Law or Custome makes so, is to Honour; because in approving the Honour done by others, he acknowledgeth the power which others acknowledge.†  (source)
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She acknowledgeth" in older English, today we say "She acknowledges."
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    Marten was the acknowledger; my father was the mover.†  (source)
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    I wanted to acknowledge a part of myself that Abnegation demanded that I hide.  (source)
    acknowledge = admit (or recognize publicly)
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    Widely acknowledged as the best team Hogwarts has seen in a good few years—  (source)
    acknowledged = recognized
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    I didn't want him feeling embarrassed or defensive for finally acknowledging his son.  (source)
    acknowledging = expressing recognition of
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