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recognised

recognised is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of recognized.

recognised is the simple past and past participle of recognise.

Meaning of recognized

Adjective

recognized (comparative more recognized, superlative most recognized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) Notable; distinguished; honored.
    • ‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘[…] They tell me there was a recognized swag market down here.’1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

Forms of recognised

comparativemore recognised
superlativemost recognised

Words formed from recognised

Questions about recognised

What is recognised the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Recognised is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of recognized.

Words near recognised in the dictionary

  1. recognisably
  2. recognisance
  3. recognisances
  4. recognise
  5. recogniseable
  6. recognised
  7. recognisee
  8. recognisees
  9. recogniser
  10. recognisers
  11. recognises

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: recognised (page history and authors); recognized (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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