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fin·ger·print
 fingerprint
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- pronunciation:
- fIng
g
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prInt
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
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noun |
| definition: |
a mark made by the tip of a finger on an object that it has touched. Police and hospital records keep fingerprints made by a finger dipped in ink. These are used for identification, because no two people have the same fingerprint.
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verb |
| inflections: |
fingerprints, fingerprinting, fingerprinted |
| definition: |
to take the fingerprints of.
The police fingerprinted the suspect at the station. |
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