to recognise (UK), recognize (US): · to acknowledge, admit
çekim: geçmiş αναγνώρισα · ortaç έχοντας αναγνωρίσει · şimdiki αναγνωρίζει · ulaç αναγνωρίζοντας
köken: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναγνωρίζω (anagnōrízō). From the sense "admit" Semantic loan from French reconnaître. Morphologically, from ανα- (ana-, “repeated”) + γνωρίζω (gnorízo, “know”).
to accept, admit, to approve, to allow · to recognize · to acknowledge
çekim: geçmiş 認めた
eş: 諾う
zıt: 否む, 拒む, 打ち消す
köken: Thought to be from 見(み) (mi, “seeing, looking”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 見(み)る (miru, “to see, to look”)) + 留(と)める (tomeru, “to hold, to keep, to remain”), possibly with semantics like “to keep one's vision on” → “to recognize, to acknowledge, to observe”.
to admit (to wrongdoing) · to admit (concede as true, more generally) · Used to introduce a statement the speaker is confident is true, often as a friendly challenge or prompt for agreement.
çekim: geçmiş erkände · ortaç erkänd · ulaç erkännande
köken: From German erkennen or Low German erkennen. Cognate with Danish erkende, Norwegian Bokmål erkjenne, Norwegian Nynorsk erkjenne, erkjenna, Dutch erkennen and Luxembourgish erkennen. Equivalent to er- + känna.
Hon gick till polisen och erkände allt
Han erkände att han fuskat i kebabsåstävlingen
Jag måste erkänna att jag inte trodde att det fanns en chans att det skulle fungera