recognisable

UK/ˈɹɛkə(ɡ)naɪzəbl̩/US/ˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzəbl̩/

adjectiveB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,256 of 15,258leans written

Recognisable means easy to know again when you see it. Instantly recognisable, barely recognisable, a recognisable face.

Faces are the thing people are best at — a familiar one is recognisable in a fraction of a second and from a poor photograph, and a specific region of the brain does nothing else. This is the British spelling; American writing has a z.

Definitions of recognisable

1adjectiverecognisableEasy to know again when you see it.B2+
“Even after twenty years, her voice was instantly recognisable.”

recognisable is a quality of familiarity.

Also accepted in games: recognizable

Where it comes from

From recognise + -able.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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recognisable in the wild

There is a small but recognisable community of Indians in Lebanon consisting of labourers and engineers mainly working in the industrial sector; some have opened their own businesses.
Indians in Lebanon
There was no recognisable party structure at this election; instead the government was determined by a loose, shifting factional system.
1882 New South Wales colonial election
Although highly recognisable, it is usually partially or entirely distinct from the real life language typical of the kind of people it is used to represent.
Yakuwarigo

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

recognise

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