verb · neutral
acknowledge
UK/əkˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/US/əkˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/ac·KNOW·ledge
To admit or recognize something as true; to state that you have received something.
Examples
“The author acknowledges the support of her supervisor in the paper.”
“Please acknowledge receipt of the documents by return email.”
“He refused to acknowledge any responsibility.”
Band 8 sentence
“In the discussion section the researcher explicitly acknowledges the limitations of the study and suggests how future work could address them.”
Collocations
- acknowledge receipt
- acknowledge that
Word family
Common mistakes
I acknowledge to receive your email.→I acknowledge receipt of your email.
She acknowledged me for help.→She thanked me for the help / She acknowledged my help.
Say it for a higher band
5say/put→6recognise→7+acknowledge
Synonyms
admit
recognise
Easily confused
admit
“She admitted that she had made a mistake.”
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