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recognize from vs recognize in

Both "recognize from" and "recognize in" are commonly used phrases in English, but they are used in different contexts. "Recognize from" is used when identifying the source or origin of something, while "recognize in" is used when identifying a quality or characteristic within something.

Last updated: March 26, 2024

recognize from

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when identifying the source or origin of something.

Use "recognize from" when you want to indicate the source or origin of something. For example, "I recognize this painting from the artist's signature."

Examples:

  • I recognize her from the party we attended last week.
  • He recognized the song from the melody.
  • She recognized the dish from the restaurant's menu.
  • They recognized the smell from their childhood home.
  • I recognized the actor from his previous movie.
  • 3 OF THEM I RECOGNIZE FROM HIS CRIME SCENES.
  • It's a face we all recognize from your trial.
  • It's a face we all recognize from your trial.
  • I recognize from Walternate's blueprints.
  • It was established by seven gentlemen you may recognize from C-SPAN.
  • Mr.Fenster I recognize from his mug shots as well as Mr.McManus.
  • The only names I recognize from our class are me...
  • But I also found a bunch of pills in a drawer that I recognize from a case a few months back.
  • We're protecting our little girl from a lot of guys who I oddly recognize from Best Buy.
  • Okay, so, she wasn't home, but I did find something you'll recognize from the old days.
  • I wonder if the Italian presidency will recognize from the form of this question that this is blatantly a matter of domestic rather than European concern.
  • Was there anybody in the water that you didn't recognize from the party?
  • One you'll recognize from last night's reading failed in business, had a nervous breakdown, was defeated for both houses of Congress, and lost as Vice President, before he was finally elected as one of the
  • It's not a name i recognize From the case file.
  • Look, I see a couple of guys I recognize From the econ department over at the bar,
  • ARE THERE ANY OTHER TREES THAT ANY OF YOU THINK YOU COULD RECOGNIZE FROM QUITE A LONG WAY AWAY?
  • What I've got here is two systems, an attacker, which I've made look all Matrix-y and scary, and a victim, which you might recognize from home or work.

Alternatives:

  • identify from
  • distinguish from
  • discern from
  • spot from

recognize in

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when identifying a quality or characteristic within something.

Use "recognize in" when you want to indicate a quality or characteristic within something. For example, "I recognize talent in that young musician."

Examples:

  • She recognized kindness in his actions.
  • He recognized potential in the new project.
  • They recognized a flaw in the design.
  • I recognized a familiar tone in her voice.
  • We recognized a pattern in the data.
  • You don't recognize in your brother basic human traits.
  • We began to recognize in them a strange obsession.
  • They say old-age odor is a particular sign of it and one you don't recognize in yourself.
  • Is that something you feel you'd be able to recognize in yourself?
  • ! It is amazing that you may recognize in your sleep
  • It is especially important that we recognize in this Parliament that by-catches, discards and black fish are something that we really have to get to grips with.
  • Every seafarer will recognize in what follows, something of himself:
  • We recognize in the European Union, as the Commission well knows, that in our dealings with third countries we should work for the promotion of democracy and human rights.
  • So when I say 'education, education, education', I recognize in my report that substantial extra resources are needed.
  • Mr President, of course what we recognize in this debate is that the long-running banana drama actually crystalizes the elements of the debates in Europe about the whole issue of preferential access.
  • could you take a look at these pictures for me and tell me if there's any places that you recognize in them?
  • Do you recognize in this courtroom, the people accused by you?
  • Equally, as part of that, we must recognize in Kosovo that we have to guarantee the rights of the Serbs as well as the Albanians, because while fear dominates Kosovo, it will be impossible to find a solution.
  • l don't recognize in nobody nobody, a moral quality to measure my acts!
  • Only, would you mind asking Mrs. Polacich why she waited, to recognize in the amnesiac her husband, only until when he was entrusted to Mrs Ballarini, and did not when the newspapers published his picture?
  • We have to recognize in good time if something is amiss with the budget's good enough time to change course or take counter-measures.
  • The rapporteur recognizes in her report, Madam President, that the proposals are not spectacular.
  • The defendant recognizes in this woman his wife?
  • The latter, as the rapporteur clearly recognizes in paragraph 13 of his report, will be indifferent to the situation of each Member State.
  • Also, the Commission itself recognizes in its explanatory memorandum that 'the process of adaptation will lead to job cuts for the postal operators'.

Alternatives:

  • identify in
  • discern in
  • spot in
  • acknowledge in

Related Comparisons

observe in vs observe from believe in vs believe emphasizes on vs emphasizes in believed in vs believe in describe in vs describe to reflected on vs reflected in

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