"identifying" meaning in English

See identifying in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more identifying [comparative], most identifying [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} identifying (comparative more identifying, superlative most identifying)
  1. Allowing a person or thing to be easily or uniquely distinguished and identified.
    Sense id: en-identifying-en-adj-Gm0ssldf Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 5 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 3 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 2 8

Noun

Forms: identifyings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} identifying (plural identifyings)
  1. An act of identification.
    Sense id: en-identifying-en-noun-NyzP9WiI

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} identifying
  1. present participle and gerund of identify Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: identify
    Sense id: en-identifying-en-verb-pgS7Wj08

Inflected forms

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