reidentify
verb[T]
(alsore-identify)uk/ˌriː.aɪˈden.tɪ.faɪ/us/ˌriː.aɪˈden.t̬ə.faɪ/to say orthinkthat someone or something is a differentpersonor thing to thepersonor thing that you said orthoughtthey were before:
Someteeththatscientistshadthoughtbelongedtocrocodileshave been reidentified asbelongingto adinosaur.
We now had enoughevidenceto reidentify thebody.
to say again who or what someone or something is:
Let me just reidentify tonight'sspeaker.
We need to re-identify themainissuefor thepublic.
torecognizesomeone or something that you haveseenorheardbefore:
Ourmemorieshelpus to reidentify the things weencounteron differentoccasions.
Ifoundit hard to re-identify thecharactersafter thecommercialbreak.
- ForensicteamsusedDNAto reidentify many of thevictims.
- Newresearchmeansthat some of thepeoplein theportraitscan now be re-identified.
- Oursenseorgansallowsus toidentifyand re-identifyparticularobjectsin theworld.
Identifying
- ascribesomethingtosomething
- ascription
- badged
- badging
- band
- distinguishing
- dog tag
- geotag
- id
- ID card
- identifiable
- microchip
- misidentification
- misidentify
- passport
- pick
- picksomeone/somethingout
- restamp
- signature
- stamp