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acknowledge

verb/əkˈnɒlɪdʒ/

B1CEFR level
10/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

To accept or admit that something, such as a patient's concern, is real and worth noting.

I want to acknowledge that you've been waiting a long time in pain, and I'm sorry about that.

Similar: recognise

Topic: Patient-facing communication in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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