fingerprint
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈfɪŋɡərˌprɪnt/
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- After the burglary, the police dusted for fingerprints on the surfaces the thief had touched.
- a unique fingerprint
- fingerprint database
- fingerprints and photographs
But you are able to pull fingerprints off those things easier.
- But you are able to pull fingerprints off those things easier.
- So that the entire fingerprint can fit on the ring.
- No with their face recognition, not with fingerprints, but with face recognition.
- And they had that person's fingerprints already.
- And yet the curious tools shine with your fingerprints.
- This is brand new, brand new and there's fingerprints.
- That's why Ela leaves her shoes in a in a fingerprint safe.
Examples
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And most important... ...her fingerprints were all over that gun.
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Oh my God, you can actually see the little ridges and grooves of the fingerprint in the foundation.
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But you are able to pull fingerprints off those things easier.
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"Two years ago," he said, "we tried taking fingerprints when we accepted applications for employment."
Fiction book (1994) -
Law enforcement officials basically do the same thing with fingerprints all the time.
Academic text (2006) -
We have five fingers on each hand, but each person still has unique fingerprints.
Academic text (2015) -
I saw four blue bruises, in the shape of fingerprints, on her arm.
Fiction book (1993) -
There is no reason for Patty Kay Matthews's fingerprints to be on this locker.
Fiction book (1994) -
Another oddity about the shooting is that police refused to say if Johnson's fingerprints were on the weapon.
Academic text (2016) -
On the photo were the same smudged brownish-red fingerprints as on the envelope.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
A visible line, spot, scratch, or stain on a surface
419
2.0
A mark left on a surface by a hand, foot, or paw
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4.1
A mark left on a surface when something presses into it
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4.2
A mark made when something presses into a surface or the tool that makes it
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3.2
A mark left by the pad of a thumb used to identify a person
A visible mark left by a finger, often when it is dirty
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.1
A person who looks at prints left by fingers to identify people, often in police work
- Specialized
1
4.5
A person who finds and compares marks left by fingers to help the police
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fingerprint is simply the words finger + print, where a 'print' is a 'mark' left by a finger; because each person's finger makes a unique mark, a fingerprint can show who someone is.