Word

acknowledgment, n.
(acknowledgments)

a statement acknowledging something or someone
<noun.communication>

acknowledgement acknowledgment

sample sentences

"she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"
"the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

acknowledge acknowledge acknowledge

semantic pointers

hyponym

credits receipt farewell, word of farewell greeting, salutation aloha, ciao handshaking, handclasp, handshake, shake apology mea culpa condolence, commiseration declination, regrets admission thanks

hypernym

message, content, subject matter, substance

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

acknowledgment citation cite credit mention quotation reference

sample sentences

"the student's essay failed to list several important citations"
"the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"
"the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

reference

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

mention

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cite cite cite cite

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

acknowledge

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

credit

semantic pointers

hypernym

note, annotation, notation

hyponym

photo credit cross-reference, cross-index

the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10

acknowledgement acknowledgment recognition

sample sentences

"the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work"
"she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

acknowledge acknowledge

semantic pointers

attribute

acknowledged unacknowledged

hypernym

acceptance