phrase[ plural ](alsoacknowledgements) a short text at the beginning or end of a book where the writer names people or other works that have helped in writing the book: （作者在卷首或卷末的）致谢，鸣谢，感谢 She included Wilson in her acknowledgements. I was pleased to see the editor on the title page, not hidden in the acknowledgments. All his sources are carefully cited in the acknowledgements. He notes in the acknowledgments for the book that the family denied him permission to read any private correspondence. See also
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acknowledgments | American Dictionary
acknowledgments plural noun us/ɪkˈnɑl·ɪdʒ·mənts, æk-/ a short text at the beginning or end of a book where the writer names people who have helped in writing the book