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unrecognize

unrecognize verb: to cease to recognize.

Verb

unrecognize (third-person singular simple present unrecognizes, present participle unrecognizing, simple past and past participle unrecognized)

  1. (transitive) To cease to recognize.
    • We are so good that it is almost impossible to unrecognize a face in order to notice the asymmetries that help us first recognize it.2007 August 15, “Reading Lincoln’s Face”, in New York Times

Forms of unrecognize

third-person singular presentunrecognizes
present participleunrecognizing
past participleunrecognized
pastunrecognized
alternative UKunrecognise

Origin of unrecognize

From un- + recognize.

Questions about unrecognize

What does unrecognize mean?
Unrecognize means to cease to recognize.
What part of speech is unrecognize?
Unrecognize is a verb.
What is the past tense of unrecognize?
The past tense of unrecognize is unrecognized.

Words near unrecognize in the dictionary

  1. unrecognition
  2. unrecognizability
  3. unrecognizable
  4. unrecognizableness
  5. unrecognizably
  6. unrecognize
  7. unrecognized
  8. unrecognizes
  9. unrecognizing
  10. unrecognizingly
  11. unrecoiling

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