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Fingerprint
01
a mark made by the unique pattern of lines on the tip of a person's finger, can be used to find out who has committed a crime
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
fingerprints
Examples
Detectives found a clear fingerprint on the window sill, leading to the identification of the burglar.
02
a mark or smudge left by a finger, often dirty or accidental
Examples
There was a fingerprint on the freshly painted wall.
03
any feature, trait, or mark that uniquely identifies a person, object, or phenomenon
Examples
His writing style left a fingerprint on the article.
to fingerprint
01
to record or take an impression of a person's fingerprints for identification
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
fingerprint
3rd person singular
fingerprints
Present participle
fingerprinting
Past simple
fingerprinted
Past participle
fingerprinted
Examples
The police fingerprinted all suspects at the station.
