| recognition | designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body, he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman |
repair
fix
fixing
fixture
mend
mending
reparation | the act of putting something in working order again |
overhaul
inspection and repair
service | periodic maintenance on a car or machine, it was time for an overhaul on the tractor |
airdock
hangar
repair shed | a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained |
repair shop
fix-it shop | a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance |
| face recognition | the visual perception of familiar faces |
| object recognition | the visual perception of familiar objects |
recognition
identification | the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering, a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces, experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer |
realization
realisation
recognition | coming to understand something clearly and distinctly, a growing realization of the risk involved, a sudden recognition of the problem he faced, increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases |
| recognition | an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid, the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States |
face recognition
facial recognition
automatic face recognition | biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces, they used face recognition to spot known terrorists |
| signature recognition | biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's signature and matching it electronically against a library of known signatures |
recognition
credit | approval, give her recognition for trying, he was given credit for his work, give her credit for trying |
| recognition | the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country, territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in |
slang
cant
jargon
lingo
argot
patois vernacular | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves), they don't speak our lingo |
| rhyming slang | slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component, Cockney rhyming slang |
slang slang expression
slang term | informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions, often vituperative or vulgar, their speech was full of slang expressions |
haunt
hangout
resort repair
stamping ground | a frequently visited place |
| recognition | (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape, molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities |
recognition
acknowledgment
acknowledgement | the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged, 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 |
| repair | a formal way of referring to the condition of something, the building was in good repair |
animate
recreate reanimate
revive
renovate
repair quicken
vivify
revivify | give new life or energy to, A hot soup will revive me, This will renovate my spirits, This treatment repaired my health |
rectify
remediate
remedy
repair amend | set straight or right, remedy these deficiencies, rectify the inequities in salaries, repair an oversight |
repair
mend
fix bushel
doctor furbish up
restore touch on | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken, She repaired her TV set, Repair my shoes please |
| slang | abuse with coarse language |
a gull
dupe
slang befool
cod fool put on
take in
put one over put one across | fool or hoax, The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone, You can't fool me! |
| slang | use slang or vulgar language |
repair
resort | move, travel, or proceed toward some place, He repaired to his cabin in the woods |
compensate recompense repair
indemnify | make amends for, pay compensation for, One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich, She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident |
afoul(ip)
foul
fouled | especially of a ship's lines etc, with its sails afoul, a foul anchor |
befouled
fouled | made dirty or foul, a building befouled with soot, breathing air fouled and darkened with factory soot |
fucked-up
snafu | snarled or stalled in complete confusion, situation normal--all fucked-up |