All 6 Uses of
acknowledge
in
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
- I believe—and I hope that by the end of this book you will believe it as well—that the task of making sense of ourselves and our behavior requires that we acknowledge there can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.†
Chpt Intr.acknowledge = recognize
- It's one thing to acknowledge the enormous power of snap judgments and thin slices but quite another to place our trust in something so seemingly mysterious.†
Chpt 2 *
- But we also have to acknowledge and understand those circumstances when rapid cognition leads us astray.†
Chpt 3
- Because Warren Harding errors, it turns out, play an enormous, largely unacknowledged role in the car-selling business.†
Chpt 3unacknowledged = not admitted or recognizedstandard 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.
- Taking rapid cognition seriously—acknowledging the incredible power, for good and ill, that first impressions play in our lives—requires that we take active steps to manage and control those impressions.†
Chpt 3acknowledging = recognizing
- Taking our powers of rapid cognition seriously means we have to acknowledge the subtle influences that can alter or undermine or bias the products of our unconscious.†
Chpt Cncl.acknowledge = recognize
Definitions:
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(1)
(acknowledge as in: acknowledge her or the truth) express recognition or appreciation of someone or something; or admit something
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Specialized senses include sending an "acknowledgement" (letter or other message) to indicate that something was received and the "acknowledgements" section at the beginning of a book where an author recognizes and thanks other people who helped in creating the book or ideas contained in it.