Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being identified.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being identified.
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- adjective Capable of being
distinguished andnamed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being identified
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Examples
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Dissing biologist Edward O. Wilson, Carey tells us: If there were indeed certain identifiable works that appealed to everyone in every age and culture, then it would be reasonable to conclude that they correspond to something universally human.
Sunday Salon: “What Good are the Arts” by John Carey: Some musings Part 2 2009
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Dissing biologist Edward O. Wilson, Carey tells us: If there were indeed certain identifiable works that appealed to everyone in every age and culture, then it would be reasonable to conclude that they correspond to something universally human.
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The most identifiable is a 1929 German 5 Mark that is about 25% off center and probably unique.
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In my opinion, the Landrover is identifiable from the photograph. on September 5, 2008 at 6: 01 pm | Reply nightjack
Fingertips (hanging on by……) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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The short version is that a blogger-who-shall-not-be-named (but is easily identifiable from the links etc.) wrote a piece appropriating quite a lot of work from BFP (see Sylvia for details), with a timeline taking it suspiciously close to a speech given by BFP just a week or so beforehand.
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There were 21 of us all in sight of each other, the situation was perfectly under control and unless PSU kit consists of Stone Island, Burberry and Hackett we were quite identifiable from the camera which was tracking our progress.
The Plastic Fantastic « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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Would I prefer that the “insurgents” had nice neat forts, clearly identifiable from the air, that we could simply bomb off the face of the earth, without harming ONE unneccessary blade of grass?
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The fund is targeting so called 'traditional' infra assets which generate long term identifiable cash flows.
VCCircle News 2009
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That’s because about one-third of patients with acute disease were not in identifiable risk groups.
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Gilad Shalit is a known individual: what psychologists would call an "identifiable being."
Israel's Deals With the Devils Robert H. Mnookin 2011
bilby commented on the word identifiable
"In another cited case, a commander ordered troops to kill an elderly woman walking on a road, even though she was easily identifiable and clearly not a threat."
- Israel troops admit Gaza abuses, BBC website, 19 March 2009.
March 19, 2009