The Collaborative International Dictionary
identifying \identifying\ adj. 1. serving to distinguish or identify an object, person, species or group; as, we were asked to describe any identifying marks or distinguishing features. [prenominal]
Syn: distinguishing, distinctive.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of identify English)
WordNet
adj. serving to distinguish or identify a species or group; "the distinguishing mark of the species is its plumage"; "distinctive tribal tattoos"; "we were asked to describe any identifying marks or distinguishing features" [syn: distinguishing, distinctive, identifying(a)]
Usage examples of "identifying".
The money would be available but it was credit that could be used to better advantage in training and identifying Talent, not defending against misunderstanding and greed.
The com screen was scanning the devastated Main Continent on Xh-33, showing the carnage but also a bottom line that gave feeble blips, identifying survivors.
He glanced at the civilians behind his CO, meeting Todd's eyes, then focusing, as if identifying him.
Why would Afra's impartiality be trusted--above hers--in identifying or evaluating an alien aura?
He fingered one of the bundles, identifying a scarf, some ornamental jewelery, and a soft, fuzzy object that he guessed was a child's toy, almost worn out with love.
Why would Afra 's impartiality be trusted - above hers - in identifying or evaluating an alien aura?
Fortunately, Plus was only identifying the buildings they were passing.
We have, by the way, discovered a T-10 in the perfumery business who has volunteered to lend us his nose in identifying the smells.
We would have to eliminate the identifying pheromones of an Arcadian queen and substitute the Xh-33 queen's.
He lifted the octagon to the coating rack where the deep pink was swiftly cocooned from sight with plastic webbing, and at a touch of his finger on the terminal, an identifying code was stippled along the hardening surface.
Behind them came three more men, their stance and costume identifying them as security.
He did a complete circuit of the room, his eyes sweeping from one side to the other, identifying each bank in the complicated and extensive rack system, and the terminal which activated the units.
Their faces, their voices, their apparel had had a sameness that made identifying one from the other very difficult.
He rose cautiously to one elbow, identifying the sleeping forms around him: Taglione, Murphy, Dowdall, and yes, the dark mass of the big-shouldered Catteni.
Parts of the wrecked transport had been utilized to make a fair-sized shelter nearby, and the returning explorers had no trouble identifying it as 'headquarters' from the flow of people in and out.