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i·den·ti·fy

identify

 
 
pronunciation:
aI den tih faI
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part of speech: verb
inflections: identifies, identifying, identified
definition: to find out or show who someone is or what something is.
She identified him as the criminal.He is good at identifying trees.
similar words:
choose, discriminate, distinguish, label, point out, recognize, select
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derivations: identifiable (adj.), identified (adj.), identifier (n.)
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