Recognize example sentences
Related (15): identify, acknowledge, perceive, distinguish, notice, detect, realize, admit, accept, understand, discern, spot, recognition, recognizable, unrecognizable
"Recognize" Example Sentences
Common Phrases
- recognize someone
- recognize the importance of
- recognize the need for
- recognize the value of
- recognize the danger
- recognize the difference
- recognize the problem
- recognize the pattern
- recognize the signs
- recognize the reality
- fail to recognize
- refuse to recognize
- hard to recognize
- easy to recognize
- come to recognize
Examples by Level
A1
- I recognize my friend in the photo.
- Do you recognize this song?
- She did not recognize the man at the door.
A2
- I didn't recognize him at first because he had cut his hair very short.
- When I walked into the old classroom, I could recognize the smell immediately.
- He was wearing a disguise, but I still managed to recognize his voice.
B1
- Looking back, I recognize now that I was being unfair to her the whole time.
- Most people recognize the danger of climate change, but few actually change their habits.
- The moment she walked in, I could recognize the exhaustion in her face — she hadn't slept.
B2
- It's strange how you can recognize someone's character flaws in others long before you see them in yourself.
- The company failed to recognize the shift in consumer behavior until it was far too late.
- She had learned to recognize the subtle difference between being busy and being productive, and it changed everything.
C1
- What we often fail to recognize is that comfort and growth are fundamentally incompatible.
- The artist's work invites us to recognize the extraordinary within the mundane — a gift, really.
- He had come to recognize that some forms of loyalty are indistinguishable from self-deception.
C2
- There's a particular clarity that comes with learning to recognize the difference between what you want to be true and what actually is.
- The tragedy of the situation lay not in what happened, but in our collective refusal to recognize the warning signs that had been there all along.
- She had spent years learning to recognize the precise moment when hope tips into delusion — a skill, she thought, that nobody should have to acquire.
Examples by Scenario
🏠 Everyday Life
- I walked past my old neighbor yesterday and didn't recognize her at all — she's dyed her hair completely blonde.
- My kid asked me to recognize a bird outside, and I had no idea what it was, so I just made something up.
- The park looks so different now that I barely recognize it — they've torn down half the trees.
💼 Workplace
- I didn't recognize the new guy in the meeting until someone introduced him as the VP from the other office.
- My manager pulled me aside to recognize my work on the project, which honestly made my whole week.
- The client called to recognize how much effort the team had put in, and it actually felt genuine.
📊 Business
- The brand's decision to recognize and address their supply chain issues actually boosted customer loyalty.
- We need to recognize the gap between what our competitors are doing and where we're falling behind.
- The report failed to recognize the emerging market segment that's now worth millions to our rivals.
🛒 Buying / Shopping
- I went back to the store to return something, but I couldn't recognize which cashier had helped me before.
- The quality is so good that I can recognize this brand just by touching the fabric.
- I had to recognize that the cheaper option wasn't actually cheaper when you factor in how often you'd replace it.
✈️ Travel
- I landed in the city and couldn't recognize anything — the whole downtown had been rebuilt.
- The tour guide asked if we could recognize any landmarks, but honestly everything looked the same to me.
- Traveling with someone who can recognize local dialects makes the whole experience feel less lonely.
📚 Education
- The teacher asked us to recognize the author's bias in the text, which was harder than it sounded.
- My son came home proud because his teacher took time to recognize his improvement in math.
- The curriculum should recognize that students learn differently, but most schools still teach the same way to everyone.
❤️ Relationships
- I finally had to recognize that he wasn't going to change, and that was the moment I knew it was over.
- She was the first person to recognize something broken in me and not try to fix it — she just sat with me.
- We've been together long enough that I can recognize his mood just by the way he closes the door.
📰 News / Politics
- The government has been slow to recognize the housing crisis, even as homelessness continues to rise.
- Several countries have agreed to recognize the new administration, though some remain hesitant.
- The report failed to recognize the disproportionate impact on low-income communities, which critics say was a deliberate omission.
💻 Technology
- The facial recognition software couldn't recognize me because I was wearing sunglasses and a hat.
- The AI is trained to recognize patterns in data, but it sometimes misses the obvious human context.
- I set up the app to recognize my voice, but it keeps confusing me with my partner.
📝 Formal Writing
- The study was designed to recognize the correlation between sleep deprivation and cognitive decline in adolescents.
- It is important to recognize the limitations of this research, particularly regarding sample size and demographic representation.
- The legislation seeks to recognize and protect the rights of workers in the gig economy, a sector that has historically operated in a regulatory gray area.