official recognition
collocation in Englishmeaningsofofficialandrecognition
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official
adjective
uk/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
relating to a position ...
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recognition
noun
uk/ˌrek.əɡˈnɪʃ.ən/us/ˌrek.əɡˈnɪʃ.ən/
agreement that something is true ...
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(Definition ofofficialandrecognitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The perceived legitimacy of this representation, ironically, depended on theofficialrecognitionof the colonial state.
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One of the important facets of the educational legislation of 1869 was theofficialrecognitionof the need for girls' schools and female teachers.
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One of the key actions in this process involves receivingofficialrecognitionfrom other leaders.
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Unlike ethnicity, diaspora has noofficialrecognitionby the state.
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At best, these genres of music were deniedofficialrecognition.
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Some efforts toward technology assessment appeared after 1990 on an individual basis and withoutofficialrecognitionor support.
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In 2000 an amendment to the election law was passed which gaveofficialrecognitionto the need, in the local parlance, to ' buy ' electorates.
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Three main issues are reviewed: use of the language in education, its use in the media, andofficialrecognition.
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But if state law refuses to back the parents up officially, this nonvalidation (the mere absence ofofficialrecognition) causes them no loss.
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Customary law and conflict-resolution mechanisms were modified and grantedofficialrecognition.
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He states that the academic world asks forofficialrecognitionof minority languages and resists the idea that all efforts should go into majority standard language education.
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Only those who can satisfy this requirement, for example, by passing certain tests, will be granted a proficiency certificate which is anofficialrecognitionof their linguistic qualification.
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There has to beofficialrecognitionby some agency, itself supported by collective recognition, and there have to be status indicators issued by the official agency.
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It has not only been givenofficialrecognitionand protection in the constitution, but has attempted to become more involved in activities such as development, local government, and elections.
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Minority languages have gained someofficialrecognitionin many countries, and a few have enjoyed quite significant revivals.
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Unlikely at best, we have to assume, since the wave of enthusiasm for female court singers during the 1580s did not yet extend to theirofficialrecognitionas court composers.
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Of the 33 communities in the province that wonofficialrecognitionas comunidades ind'genas i in the period 1926 to 1947, 21 were communities of the barrios.
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