ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acknowledgment mean? 

• ACKNOWLEDGMENT (noun)
  The noun ACKNOWLEDGMENT has 3 senses:

1. the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

2. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

3. a statement acknowledging something or someone

  Familiarity information: ACKNOWLEDGMENT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACKNOWLEDGMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition

Context example:

she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own

Hypernyms ("acknowledgment" is a kind of...):

acceptance (the state of being acceptable and accepted)

Attribute:

acknowledged (recognized or made known or admitted)

unacknowledged (not recognized or admitted)

Derivation:

acknowledge (accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority)

acknowledge (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

acknowledgment; citation; cite; credit; mention; quotation; reference

Context example:

the article includes mention of similar clinical cases

Hypernyms ("acknowledgment" is a kind of...):

annotation; notation; note (a comment or instruction (usually added))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acknowledgment"):

photo credit (a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph)

cross-index; cross-reference (a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work)

Derivation:

acknowledge (express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A statement acknowledging something or someone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

acknowledgement; acknowledgment

Context example:

the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her

Hypernyms ("acknowledgment" is a kind of...):

content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acknowledgment"):

credits (a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film))

receipt (an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made)

farewell; word of farewell (an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting)

greeting; salutation ((usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting))

aloha; ciao (an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian))

handclasp; handshake; handshaking; shake (grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract))

apology (an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone)

mea culpa (an acknowledgment of your error or guilt)

commiseration; condolence (an expression of sympathy with another's grief)

declination; regrets (a polite refusal of an invitation)

admission (an acknowledgment of the truth of something)

thanks (an acknowledgment of appreciation)

Derivation:

acknowledge (accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority)

acknowledge (express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for)

acknowledge (express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with)

 Context examples 

In acknowledgment of fealty, he proceeded to take upon himself the guardianship of his master's property.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

This I humbly offered to his majesty, as a small tribute of acknowledgment, in turn for so many marks that I had received, of his royal favour and protection.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

But not without taking leave; not without a word or two of acknowledgment and good-will: not, in short, in that brief, dry fashion.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

She did at last extort from her father an acknowledgment that the horses were engaged.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“No, I do not,” said Fanny softly, hoping she did not err either in the belief or the acknowledgment of it.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

This acknowledgment comprises about 4-6 years of university study in total with a focus on law.

(Master of Science in Law, NCI Thesaurus)

But he kept his feelings to himself and only grunted in acknowledgment of the address.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

This acknowledgment comprises about 4-6 years of university study in total with a focus in the field of engineering.

(Master of Engineering, NCI Thesaurus)

This acknowledgment comprises about 4-6 years of university study in total with a focus on an engineering discipline that deals with the study and/or application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism.

(Master of Electrical Engineering, NCI Thesaurus)

As a result, all the students will be tested with no acknowledgment of the students’ rights.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)