acknowledged

acknowledge (one) as (something)

To publicly announce or accept that one possesses certain qualities or has attained a specific achievement or result. All she wanted was for her old boss to finally acknowledge her as the new director of the organization. The dissidents refused to acknowledge the new leader as legitimate.
See also: acknowledge

acknowledge (one) to be right

To publicly announce or accept that one is correct in some position, action, or statement. After a lengthy interview with investigators, the suspect acknowledged the witness to be right. The finance department acknowledged Henry to be right about the accounting error.
See also: acknowledge, right

acknowledge (the) receipt of (something)

To recognize, often formally, that something has been received, usually an item that has been delivered. Jason signed a form to acknowledge the receipt of the letter. Did you get a notification acknowledging receipt of your package?
See also: acknowledge, of, receipt
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • acknowledge
  • acknowledge (one) as (something)
  • acknowledge as
  • have (someone's or something's) good points
  • have your good, plus, etc. points
  • have (someone's or something's) plus points
  • come out to be
  • (one's) face fits
  • someone's face fits
  • be somebody's middle name
References in periodicals archive
On February 5, 2003, the month before the invasion, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell told the UN Security Council that Iraq's denials of its reputed ties with al-Qaeda were "simply not credible." However, 10 months after the invasion, Powell acknowledged during a January 8, 2004 press conference: "There is not--you know, I have not seen smoking-gun, concrete evidence about the connection, but I think the possibility of such connections did exist and it was prudent to consider them at the time we did."
How much time on the front line: with President Bush sending 21,500 additional troops to Iraq, and the new Democrats in Congress talking only about a phased withdrawal, when will our troops come home?
Hicks acknowledged that new rules intentionally require a greater return to the party contributing intangibles to a CSA.
Tax Executives Institute-U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Tax Policy Liaison meeting minutes
Ultimately, the purpose of all prevention and intervention efforts is to promote good health and well-being among participants; a secondary and perhaps only indirectly acknowledged goal for many programs is to teach and reinforce predominant U.S.
Practitioners' perspectives on effective practices for Hispanic teenage pregnancy prevention
Paulson clearly acknowledged the distastefulness of his remarks and took full responsibility for having made them.
It's (not that) hard to say you're sorry. (Thought Leader)
Both Chagas and Carini later acknowledged their errors and the validity of the Delanoes' conclusion.
Pneumocystis carinii vs. Pneumocystis jiroveci: another misnomer (response to Stringer et al.). (Letters)
In fact this is in no way acknowledged by the 'adam.
Divine evaluation and the quest for a suitable companionship
During a teleconference late last year involving four healthcare organizations, David Schulke, executive vice-president of the American Health Quality Association (AHQA), acknowledged that budget restraints will prevent QIOs from providing direct assistance to all facilities that request it.
Quality Measures get a mixed reception. (News Notes)
Many of the other gaijin software people interviewed mentioned that while their ideas were not openly acknowledged, just as often they would find them incorporated, without attribution into the company's planning model.
How gaijin is my Kansai: Alex Stewart talks with the software and IT folk to find out
Both the Osaka District Court and the Osaka High Court rejected the request, saying since a person whose paternity is acknowledged after birth can still acquire Japanese nationality through naturalization, the distinction made in the cases of illegitimate children is logical and constitutional.
Supreme Court refuses citizenship for illegitimate child
Alex Pappadopoulos (C) Professor Holiday realized that a comment like the one he had made must be acknowledged as a mistake and be publicly retracted in front of his class.
Case study: assistant professor Patrick Holiday and Mr. Alex Pappadopoulos
Examiners of worker's accident compensation liability insurance in Osaka have acknowledged that a 21-year-old man died from overwork 52 days after being hired as a part-time worker at a magazine company, the bereaved family's proxy said Wednesday.
Man's death acknowledged as stemming from overwork
They acknowledged, however, that new laws should not interfere with normal business transactions.
Congress takes aim at "aggresive" tax planning
Gay people have acknowledged their own diversity for years, if only in the cheerfully seething way we put each other down.
Nelly victorious
The community leader acknowledged the entrepreneur in a public venue by pointing him out to the audience and highlighting his success.
Wholehearted applause for IW supporters
And if they haven't acknowledged in their own lives this problem with alcohol, how can they lead us, the community at large, to take on and challenge this problem?
In the premier's own words (Brian Tobin accused of racism by Natives)