Identifying
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Identifying is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of identify.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of identify.
More Meanings
- Allowing a person or thing to be easily or uniquely distinguished and identified.
- An act of identification.
Example Sentences
identifying characteristic
There are not only these identifyings going on, but also there are distinguishings. For just as in the example above there are identifications of the various extents, there are distinguishings of these extents.
Word Forms
- identifyings
Synonyms for identifying
Depending on context, synonyms include distinctive, distinguishing.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include characteristic, distinguishing, distinctive, identification, specify, specifying.
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