identifiable
Use Identifiable in a sentence
təˌfaɪ, ɪˈdɛn- verb (used with object)
1.
to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
2.
to serve as a means of identification for: His gruff voice quickly identified him.
3.
to make, represent to be, or regard or treat as the same or identical: They identified Jones with the progress of the company.
4.
to associate in name, feeling, interest, action, etc. (usually followed by with ): He preferred not to identify himself with that group.
5.
Biology. to determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs.
6.
Psychology. to associate (one or oneself) with another person or a group of persons by identification.
verb (used without object)
7.
to experience psychological identification: The audience identified with the play's characters.
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Related forms
i·den·ti·fi·a·ble, adjective
i·den·ti·fi·a·bil·i·ty, i·den·ti·fi·a·ble·ness, noun
i·den·ti·fi·er, noun
o·ver·i·den·ti·fy, verb, o·ver·i·den·ti·fied, o·ver·i·den·ti·fy·ing.
pre·i·den·ti·fy, verb (used with object), pre·i·den·ti·fied, pre·i·den·ti·fy·ing.
re·i·den·ti·fy, verb (used with object), re·i·den·ti·fied, re·i·den·ti·fy·ing.
un·i·den·ti·fi·a·ble, adjective
un·i·den·ti·fi·a·b·ly, adverb
un·i·den·ti·fied, adjective
un·i·den·ti·fy·ing, adjective
well-i·den·ti·fied, adjective
Synonyms
1. distinguish, place, know, determine.
1. distinguish, place, know, determine.
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identify (aɪˈdɛntɪˌfaɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (often foll by with) (usually foll by with) , -fies, -fying, -fied | |
| 1. | to prove or recognize as being a certain person or thing; determine the identity of |
| 2. | to consider as the same or equivalent |
| 3. | to consider (oneself) as similar to another |
| 4. | to determine the taxonomic classification of (a plant or animal) |
| 5. | psychol to engage in identification |
| i'dentifiable | |
| —adj | |
| i'dentifiably | |
| —adv | |
| identify (aɪˈdɛntɪˌfaɪ) | |
| —vb (often foll by with) (usually foll by with) , -fies, -fying, -fied | |
| 1. | to prove or recognize as being a certain person or thing; determine the identity of |
| 2. | to consider as the same or equivalent |
| 3. | to consider (oneself) as similar to another |
| 4. | to determine the taxonomic classification of (a plant or animal) |
| 5. | psychol to engage in identification |
| i'dentifiable | |
| —adj | |
| i'dentifiably | |
| —adv | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
identify
1644, "regard as the same," from Fr. identifier, from identité (see identity). Sense of "recognize" first recorded 1769. I.D. (pronounced as separate letters), short for identification, is attested from 1955.
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Example sentences
Steel hull plating, steam boilers and other machinery are identifiable.
Even closer parallels in the intellectual-property business have identifiable standards.
It doesn't much matter where, because the place would not have been familiar or identifiable to him.
Laws prohibit doctors from talking about patients using individually identifiable information.
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