identifying mark

collocation in English

meaningsofidentifyandmark

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identify
verb
uk
/aɪˈden.tɪ.faɪ/us
/aɪˈden.t̬ə.faɪ/
to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what that person or ...
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mark
noun
uk
/mɑːk/us
/mɑːrk/
a small area on the surface of something that is damaged, dirty, or different in ...
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(Definition ofidentifyandmarkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofidentifying mark

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Each sphere was given anidentifyingmark.
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There was noidentifyingmarkon the questionnaire or the return envelope and it was impossible to associate a particular questionnaire with any individual undergraduate or college.
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If a person touts for business after clause 4 becomes law, there will be anidentifyingmarkon the back of the cab.
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A scar on his hip was described as anidentifyingmark.
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The "unmarked category" can form theidentifyingmarkof the powerful.
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Hisidentifyingmarkin the band was a faucet glued to his forehead.
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They present some lifestyles which the larger lepidoptera do not have, but this is not anidentifyingmark.
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Social positions are "visible" if they require an individual to wear a uniform or some other kind ofidentifyingmark.
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All persons being discriminated against by a law must share a commonidentifyingmarkthat is not borne by those not discriminated against.
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These markings show the use of the vehicle, its force code and a vehicleidentifyingmarkor the police division to which the vehicle belongs.
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However, on some pottery, fingerprints have been impressed so deeply into the clay that they were possibly intended to serve as anidentifyingmarkby the maker.
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