identifiable

UK: /aɪˌdɛntɪˈfaɪəb^əl/ US: /aɪˌdɛntɪˈfaɪəbl/

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i•den•ti•fi•a•ble /aɪˌdɛntɪˈfaɪəbl/   adj. 

1. that can be used to identify someone:
   an identifiable birthmark on her forearm.
2. that can be named.

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i•den•ti•fy /aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ, ɪˈdɛn-/   v., -fied, -fy•ing. 

1. to prove or verify the identity of:
   [~ + object] Can you identify the body?
2. to serve as a means of identification for:
   [~ + object] Her birthmark identifies her.
3. to associate or connect closely:
   [~ + object + with + object] The voters identified the vice-president with the old regime.
4. Psychology to associate (one or oneself ) with another person or a group by identification: [~ + oneself + with + object]
   The audience identified itself with the main character.
   [~ + with + object]
   The audience could identify with the main character.
5. Biology [ ~ + obj] to notice the importance of (some facts):
   The paper identifies three important factors in economic depressions.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

i•den•ti•fy  (ī den′tə fī′, i den′-), v., -fied, -fy•ing. 
v.t. 

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 fol. 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.

v.i. 

7. Psychology to experience psychological identification:
   The audience identified with the play's characters.

• Medieval Latin identificāre, equivalent. to identi(tās) identity + -ficāre -fy
• 1635–45

i•den′ti•fi′a•ble, adj. 
i•den′ti•fi′a•bil′i•ty, i•den′ti•fi′a•ble•ness, n. 
i•den′ti•fi′er, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. distinguish, place, know, determine.