verbIntermediate

acknowledge

US

/əkˈnɑlɪdʒ/

UK

/əkˈnɒlɪdʒ/

Meaning

To show that you have noticed, accepted, or recognized something as true or important.

किसी बात को मानना या यह दिखाना कि आपने उसे देखा, समझा या उसके महत्व को स्वीकार किया है।

Examples

“She acknowledged that the report contained an error.”

acknowledge thatadmit a fact

“Please acknowledge receipt of this email by Friday.”

acknowledge receiptformal

“The manager's acknowledgment of the team's effort boosted morale.”

noun formrecognize effort

Useful patterns

acknowledge that + clauseacknowledge a mistake or problemacknowledge receipt of somethingacknowledge someone's contribution

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Word family

acknowledgment(noun)
acknowledged(adjective)

Common collocations

acknowledge receiptacknowledge a mistakeacknowledge a problemacknowledge someone's contributionpublicly acknowledgeacknowledge that something is true

Common mistakes

Not natural: I am acknowledge your email.

Better: I acknowledge your email.

Acknowledge is a main verb here, so it does not follow am in this form.

यहाँ acknowledge मुख्य verb है, इसलिए इसके पहले am नहीं आएगा।

Not natural: She acknowledged me that she was wrong.

Better: She acknowledged that she was wrong.

Use acknowledge that + clause; do not put a person directly before that.

acknowledge के बाद that वाला clause आता है; that से पहले किसी व्यक्ति को सीधे न रखें।

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Acknowledging receipt confirms that something arrived; it does not necessarily mean you agree with its contents.

Acknowledging receipt का मतलब है कि चीज़ मिलने की पुष्टि करना; इसका यह मतलब नहीं कि आप उसकी बात से सहमत हैं।

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What does acknowledge usually mean?

Acknowledge का आम तौर पर क्या मतलब होता है?