Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being recognized, known, or acknowledged. Also spelled
recognisable .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being recognized.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Able to be
recognized .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being recognized
- adjective easily perceived; easy to become aware of
Etymologies
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Examples
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This is but yet another reason why law schools no longer teach very much law, in any sense of the term recognizable to a practicing lawyer.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Choice Words on Law School Faculty Hiring 2007
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Friedman and Fuchs also provide a handy description of the elements of "stability" against which most innovative writers are rebelling: "Plot linearity that implies a story's purposeful forward movement; a single, authoritative storyteller; well-motivated characters interacting in recognizable social patterns; the crucial conflict deterring the protagonist from the ultimate goal; the movement to closure ...."
Experimental Fiction 2010
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The Hong Kong trader and the Tokyo nerve gas bomber are recognizable from the headlines of the past few years, is the physicist or the DJ based, however loosely, on a contemporary person?
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For all its emphasis on a mileu characterized by rebelliousness (however directed in recognizable channels) and noncomformity, The Pornographic Flabbergasted Emus is rather well-controlled and ultimately fairly conventional in its movement toward a kind of rounded-off closure.
Narrative Strategies 2009
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The most likely route of attack would be surreptitiously planting a bomb or bombs, not attacking in recognizable groups that could be deterred or counter-attacked by aerial bombing or firing guns or missiles from helicopters.
William Hartung: Rethinking the Saudi Arms Deal William Hartung 2010
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Located about 240 miles (385 kilometers) southeast of Lima, the glyphs are only fully recognizable from the air, and 30-minute overflights are popular with travelers.
Tourist Plane Crashes Near Famous Nazca Lines, 6 Killed AP 2010
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Anonymous who posted about having to look for particular anatomy before determining whether a person was male or female: I was always taught that you should be recognizable from a distance, as male or female.
Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine 2009
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Located about 240 miles (385 kilometers) southeast of Lima, the glyphs are only fully recognizable from the air, and 30-minute overflights are popular with travelers.
Tourist Plane Crashes Near Famous Nazca Lines, 6 Killed AP 2010
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The fourth most frequently represented deity is the Death God, easily recognizable from the sleigh-bell ornaments on his arms and legs or attached to a collar.
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In the marketing and advertising industries, branding & creating logos, that are not only appealing but recognizable, is becoming a greater challenge and producing more competition among graphic designers.
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