Fingerprint - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈfɪŋɡərprɪnt|
Brit.
|ˈfɪŋɡəprɪnt|
noun
- a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
- a generic term for any identifying characteristic
- a generic term for any identifying characteristic
that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it
- a smudge made by a (dirty) finger (syn: fingermark)verb
- take an impression of a person's fingerprints
Extra examples
Detectives found his fingerprints all over the gun.
Everyone has a unique fingerprint.
His fingerprints were all over the gun.
He was careful not to leave any fingerprints.
The police questioned Beresford and took his fingerprints (=made a record of them).
A pattern as individual as a fingerprint
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: fingerprint
he/she/it: fingerprints
present participle: fingerprinting
past tense: fingerprinted
past participle: fingerprinted
I/you/we/they: fingerprint
he/she/it: fingerprints
present participle: fingerprinting
past tense: fingerprinted
past participle: fingerprinted
noun
singular: fingerprint
plural: fingerprints
singular: fingerprint
plural: fingerprints
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