identifiable
Americanadjective
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Explanation
If something is identifiable, it means you can identify it — or know what it is. Put your name in your jacket so it is identifiable as yours. Identifiable can also mean known — if you're trying to solve the energy crisis, you should come up with a plan that maximizes the all identifiable uses of alternative energy. If you have feelings that other can relate to, you are identifiable — people feel that they know you. If you wear a cross around your neck, that is communicating your identity — making you identifiable as a Christian.
Vocabulary lists containing identifiable
Example Sentences
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Sensation has identifiable sensory mechanisms, and action has identifiable motor mechanisms.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
The passengers in this video are not identifiable.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Any data we receive will be rigorously scrubbed of any personally identifiable information by a third party before receipt.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
But many whales are also identifiable by their scars, including from collisions with everything from tankers, cargo and cruise ships to fishing boats and recreational vessels.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Was there experimental proof that identifiable mutations in real genes were responsible for variation?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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