identifiable

Everyday

1. Able to be recognised or named: you can tell who or what it is. tree →
2. Able to be picked out as separate and definite: an identifiable pattern, an identifiable cause. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons, children make plants, animals, rocks or leaves identifiable using keys and features. In safety and online-safety lessons, «personally identifiable information» is anything that tells strangers who or where you are — name, school, address — so keep it private. Lost property should be identifiable with your name in it. Phrases: easily identifiable, clearly identifiable, identifiable by, personally identifiable.

Examples

• Put your name in your coat so it is easily identifiable. tree →
• The bird was identifiable by its bright red chest. tree →
• Don't post anything that makes you identifiable, like your school uniform. tree →
• In the photo, the faces were not identifiable. tree →
• There was no identifiable reason why the plant died. tree →
• Fingerprints make a person identifiable. tree →
• The rock was identifiable as granite from its speckled crystals. tree →

Note

Spelling: identif-i-able (keep the i from «identify» and add «-able»; the y changes to i). Verb: «identify»; noun: «identification» (ID). Opposite: «unidentifiable». Pronounced eye-DEN-ti-fy-a-ble.