belated recognition

collocation in English

meaningsofbelatedandrecognition

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belated
adjective
uk
/bɪˈleɪ.tɪd/us
/bɪˈleɪ.t̬ɪd/
coming later ...
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recognition
noun
uk
/ˌrek.əɡˈnɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌrek.əɡˈnɪʃ.ən/
agreement that something is true ...
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(Definition ofbelatedandrecognitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbelated recognition

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Thisbelatedrecognitiondoes not make the pictures themselves better or worse.
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Hisbelatedrecognitionof their existence in the later essay is perfunctory, and remains oblivious to their character and significance.
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The laudatory stance arose from abelatedrecognitionof natural law in the key arguments of independentist agendas.
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In the case of fisheries, thebelatedrecognitionof an unexploited oceanic frontier offered the opportunity to re-inforce the historically dominant pattern of primary product export-based growth.
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It is a somewhatbelatedrecognitionof something that has occurred in many other countries.
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It is true that the board has recently been shamed into abelatedrecognitionof the seriousness of the situation.
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Perhaps it isbelatedrecognitionon their part that something was wrong.
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A furtherbelatedrecognitionof changed realities is the abolition of the annual review of agriculture.
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First, the changes which we have announced are no more than the recognition—some will say thebelatedrecognition—of basic currents in the tide of history.
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It isbelatedrecognitionof the true status of the wife in marriage.
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It would be churlish of us not to welcome thatbelatedrecognitionof our arguments.
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That is abelatedrecognitionof the truth that we on this side have so often observed.
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We greatly welcome hisbelatedrecognitionthat there is a problem.
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It is tragic that it has taken a war to bringbelatedrecognitionto them.
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It is abelatedrecognitionof an injustice that has been done to the men and women who serve and defend our country.
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There isbelatedrecognitionthat, even if people wanted to solve certain problems, they will not do so.
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Perhaps it is abelatedrecognitionof our importance.
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I would rather describe it as abelatedrecognitionof the limitations which have always existed on the credibility of a nuclear deterrent.
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