acknowledgement acknowledgment
- acknowledgement acknowledgment
- noun
1 (C, U) the act of admitting or accepting that something is true: We have yet to hear any acknowledgement from them that a problem exists.
2 (C, U) the act of publicly thanking someone for something they have done: in acknowledgement of: a special award in acknowledgement of all his hard work
3 (C, U) a letter written to tell someone that you have received their letter, message etc
4 acknowledgements (plural) a short piece of writing at the beginning or end of a book in which the writer thanks all the people who have helped him or her
Longman dictionary of contemporary English.
2004.
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