(identifies, ~ing, identified)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you can ~ someone or something, you are able to recognize them or distinguish them from others.
There are a number of distinguishing characteristics by which you can ~ a Hollywood epic...
VERB: V n
2.
If you ~ someone or something, you name them or say who or what they are.
Police have already identified around 10 murder suspects...
The reporters identified one of the six Americans as an Army Specialist...
= name
VERB: V n, V n as n/-ing
3.
If you ~ something, you discover or notice its existence.
Scientists claim to have identified natural substances with cancer-combating properties...
= discover
VERB: V n
4.
If a particular thing identifies someone or something, it makes them easy to recognize, by making them different in some way.
She wore a little nurse’s hat on her head to ~ her...
His boots and purple beret ~ him as commanding the Scottish Paratroops.
= distinguish
VERB: V n, V n as -ing/n
5.
If you ~ with someone or something, you feel that you understand them or their feelings and ideas.
She would only play a role if she could ~ with the character...
VERB: V with n
6.
If you ~ one person or thing with another, you think that they are closely associated or involved in some way.
She hates playing the sweet, passive women that audiences ~ her with...
The candidates all want to ~ themselves with reform.
= associate
VERB: V n with n, V pron-refl with n