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I recognize vs I recognized

Both phrases are correct, but they are different verb tenses. 'I recognize' is present tense, used when you currently acknowledge or identify something or someone. 'I recognized' is past tense, used when you have previously acknowledged or identified something or someone.

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Last updated: June 26, 2024 • 3292 views

I recognize

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'I recognize' in the present tense when you are currently acknowledging or identifying something or someone.

Examples:

I recognize that building from the pictures.
I recognize her voice from the phone call.

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I recognize your right to make explorations as well as ourselves, and I presume you have not fallen so low that you will not recognize the unwritten law in a case ...
a question asked by one of two people who have agreed to meet for the first time in a large busy place. Tom: Okay, I'll meet you at the west door of the station.
I recognize that I could be wrong. Je reconnais (or: admets) que je pourrais avoir tort. recognize [sb/sth], UK: also recognise vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct ...

Alternatives:

I acknowledge
I identify
I know
I am aware of
I am familiar with

I recognized

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'I recognized' in the past tense when you acknowledged or identified something or someone in the past.

Examples:

I recognized him from the party last week.
She recognized the song playing on the radio.

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A 2011-09-24: That I recognized, too, but my que... A 2011-04-30: Perhaps a person's fate is sometim... F 2011-04-21: recognized as a "Who's Who"
He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him. 2. to identify from knowledge of appearance or characteristics: I recognized him from the ...
There had been a moment when I believed I recognized, faint and far, the cry of a child; there had been another when I found myself just consciously starting as ...
I recognized your Jeep. She felt his body heat from the short distance between them and recognized his scent from the sheets. Natasha at once recognized the ...

Alternatives:

I acknowledged
I identified
I knew
I was aware of
I was familiar with

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