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Verb

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identifying

  1. present participle and gerund of identify

Noun

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identifying (plural identifyings)

  1. An act of identification.
    • 2012, R. R. Cox, Schutz’s Theory of Relevance: A Phenomenological Critique, page 49:
      There are not only these identifyings going on, but also there are distinguishings. For just as in the example above there are identifications of the various extents, there are distinguishings of these extents.