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adjective Capable of being identified.
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adjective Capable of being distinguished and named.
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adjective capable of being identified
Etymologies
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identify + -able
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Dissing biologist Edward O. Wilson, Carey tells us: If there were indeed certain identifiable works that appealed to everyone in every age and culture, then it would be reasonable to conclude that they correspond to something universally human.
Dissing biologist Edward O. Wilson, Carey tells us: If there were indeed certain identifiable works that appealed to everyone in every age and culture, then it would be reasonable to conclude that they correspond to something universally human.
The short version is that a blogger-who-shall-not-be-named (but is easily identifiable from the links etc.) wrote a piece appropriating quite a lot of work from BFP (see Sylvia for details), with a timeline taking it suspiciously close to a speech given by BFP just a week or so beforehand.
There were 21 of us all in sight of each other, the situation was perfectly under control and unless PSU kit consists of Stone Island, Burberry and Hackett we were quite identifiable from the camera which was tracking our progress.
Would I prefer that the “insurgents” had nice neat forts, clearly identifiable from the air, that we could simply bomb off the face of the earth, without harming ONE unneccessary blade of grass?
"In another cited case, a commander ordered troops to kill an elderly woman walking on a road, even though she was easily identifiable and clearly not a threat."
bilby commented on the word identifiable
"In another cited case, a commander ordered troops to kill an elderly woman walking on a road, even though she was easily identifiable and clearly not a threat."
- Israel troops admit Gaza abuses, BBC website, 19 March 2009.
March 19, 2009