Words / B1

y-DENT-if-eye/aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/

Identify means recognise someone or something and say who or what they are. Identify the problem; identify the speaker. Recognise is noticing that you already know it; identify is naming or picking it out. Identification is the noun (also ID). Identify with a character = feel similar to them.

Meaning

To recognise someone or something and say who or what they are.

Examples

• “Can you identify the correct meaning?”
• “Staff must identify themselves at the gate.”
• “Researchers identified three main causes.”

Good to know

identify + object. Noun: identification. Nearby: recognise.

Near in meaning

recognise

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