recognition

/ˌre-kig-ˈni-shən/

Middle English recognicion, from Anglo-French recognition, from Latin recognition-, recognitio, from recognoscere

noun

  1. the action of recognizing : the state of being recognized: such as

  2. acknowledgment; especially : formal acknowledgment of the political existence of a government or nation

  3. knowledge or feeling that someone or something present has been encountered before

noun

  1. recognition of one's own self

  2. the process by which the immune system of an organism distinguishes between the body's own chemicals, cells, and tissues and those of foreign organisms and agents

idiom

  1. to such a degree as to look completely different and be unrecognizable

The renovations changed the house beyond (all) recognition.