What does “identify” mean?
- 1
verbto recognize and name who or what someone or something is
The police identified the driver from the video.
- 2
verbto find or discover something
We need to identify the cause of the problem.
Identify at a glance
- Part of speech
- verb
- CEFR level
- B1 (intermediate)
- Pronunciation
- /aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ/ · eye-DEN-tuh-fy
- Forms
- identified, identifies
How to use “identify” correctly
“Identify with someone” means you understand their feelings because you feel similar: “Many teens identify with the main character.”
Common phrases with “identify”
- identify the problem
- identify with sb
- clearly identify
Synonyms, opposites and related words
Word family
- identity
- identification
- identical
- identifiable
“identify” is on these word lists
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