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to identify
01
to be able to say who or what someone or something is
Transitive: to identify sb/sth
02
to reveal or make known who someone is
Transitive: to identify sb
03
to see oneself as having similar traits or thoughts as another person
Transitive: to identify with a person or their traits
04
to consider someone or something as strongly connected or linked to another
Transitive: to identify sb/sth with sth
05
to classify or determine the category of a biological specimen
Transitive: to identify a plant or animal
06
to consider someone or something as being the same or equal to something else
Transitive: to identify sb/sth with sth
identify
v
identifiable
adj
identifiable
adj
identified
adj
identified
adj
identifier
n
identifier
n
Example
The teacher identified the student's handwriting on the exam.
The detective easily identifies the suspect from the security footage.
She couldn’t identify the person at the door until they spoke.
I couldn’t identify the song at first, but then I recognized it.
The officer asked me to identify my belongings at the lost-and-found desk.
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