All 7 Uses of
acknowledge
in
After the First Death
- His name would only establish his existence in her life, and he was so ugly and menacing that she didn't want to acknowledge him at all.†
Part 2acknowledge = recognize
- She acknowledged how many times the children had offered her distraction during bad moments.†
Part 6acknowledged = recognized
- Our major break came when we captured a man known as Sedeete, the acknowledged leader of certain terrorist groups in the United States and Canada.†
Part 7
- Up her legs, across her buttocks, impersonal, businesslike, the impersonality somehow more threatening and scarier than if his hands lingered, caressed, acknowledged that this; was a woman's body he was searching.†
Part 8
- I am remaining calm, even though I acknowledge the contents of those pages you wrote and saw what I did to you.†
Part 9acknowledge = recognize
- They would acknowledge publicly that they went against official policy.
Part 9 *acknowledge = admit
- He could not acknowledge that truth, if it were truth.†
Part 10acknowledge = 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) 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.