identifiable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- identifiability noun
- identifiably adverb
- nonidentifiable adjective
- re-identifiable adjective
- self-identifiable adjective
- unidentifiable adjective
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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Researchers were able to match 21 of 45 identifiable dead whales to individuals in their catalog.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
That desire for identification doesn’t appear to extend to being fully identifiable by face.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
The apartments are often identifiable by closed curtains or sealed-off windows, Chinese media has reported.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
A: We don't store any personally identifiable information about users at all, and Lantern undergoes regular security audits.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
It isn’t a stable, easily identifiable set of closely related traits, and it only seems that way because of a glitch in the way our brains are organized.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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