# acknowledged

Pronunciation: US say "uhk-NAH-lijd" /əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒd/; UK say "uhk-NOL-ijd" /əkˈnɒl.ɪd͡ʒd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of acknowledge. — simple past and past participle of acknowledge
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of acknowledge. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The committee acknowledged receipt of the application within a day._
   - _He acknowledged her contribution in front of the whole team._

## Adjective

2. Generally accepted, recognized, or admitted to be the case.
   - Simple: Accepted or known to be true by most people.
   - _She is the acknowledged authority on medieval manuscripts._
   - _Their acknowledged success made the startup a model for competitors._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/acknowledged (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).