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acknowledgments

acknowledgments is the plural of acknowledgment.

Meaning of acknowledgment

Noun

acknowledgment (countable and uncountable, plural acknowledgments)

  1. The act of acknowledging
    • .
  2. The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
    • He just grunted in acknowledgment of my greeting.
    Synonyms:
    nod
  3. A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
  4. An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
    • the acknowledgment of a favor
  5. A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
    • the acknowledgment of a wedding invitation
  6. A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).

See all 9 meanings of acknowledgment

Phrases with acknowledgments

Questions about acknowledgments

What is acknowledgments the plural of?
Acknowledgments is the plural of acknowledgment.

Words near acknowledgments in the dictionary

  1. acknowledgeth
  2. acknowledging
  3. acknowledging the corn
  4. acknowledgings
  5. acknowledgment
  6. acknowledgments
  7. acknowlege
  8. acknown
  9. acknowne
  10. acknows
  11. Ackroyd

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Adapted from Wiktionary: acknowledgments (page history and authors); acknowledgment (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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