Слово англійською: identify
Дієслово
Переклад identify українською: ототожнювати, з'ясовувати тотожність; ідентифікувати, визначати, з'ясовувати, розпізнавати, пізнавати, to ~ oneself — назвати себе, солідаризуватися (з — with); приєднуватися, сходитися, збігатися
Детальний опис
identify
verb /aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/
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(also informal ID)
to recognize somebody/something and be able to say who or what they are- identify somebody/something She was able to identify her attacker.
- Passengers were asked to identify their own suitcases before they were put on the plane.
- identify yourself Many of those arrested refused to identify themselves (= would not say who they were).
- identify somebody/something as somebody/something The bodies were identified as those of two suspected terrorists.
- identify somebody/something by something two species of waterbirds that can be identified by their distinctive beaks
Synonyms identifyidentifyknow ▪ recognize ▪ name ▪ make somebody/something outThese words all mean to be able to see or hear somebody/something and especially to be able to say who or what they are.identify to be able to say who or what somebody/something is:- She was able to identify her attacker.
know to be able to say who or what something is when you see or hear it because you have seen or heard it before Know is used especially to talk about sounds that seem familiar and when somebody recognizes the quality or opportunity that somebody/something represents: I couldn’t see who was speaking, but I knew the voice. • She knows a bargain when she sees one. recognize to know who somebody is or what something is when you see or hear them/it, because you have seen or heard them/it before:- I recognized him as soon as he came in the room.
name to say the name of somebody/something in order to show that you know who/what they are:- The victim has not yet been named.
make somebody/something out to manage to see or hear somebody/something that is not very clear:- I could just make out a figure in the darkness.
Patterns- to identify/know/recognize somebody/something by something
- to identify/recognize/name somebody/something as somebody/something
- to identify/know/recognize/make out who/what/how…
- to easily/barely/just identify/recognize/make out somebody/something
- to find or discover somebody/something
- identify somebody/something First of all we must identify the problem areas.
- Scientists have identified the gene responsible for the disease.
- As yet they have not identified a buyer for the company.
- to identify a need/factor/source/cause
- identify what, which, etc… They are trying to identify what is wrong with the present system.
- identify somebody/something (as somebody/something) to make it possible to recognize who or what somebody/something is
- In many cases, the clothes people wear identify them as belonging to a particular social class.
- a serial number that uniquely identifies the disk
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘treat as being identical with’): from medieval Latin identificare, from late Latin identitas (from Latin idem ‘same’) + Latin -ficare (from facere ‘make’).
Phrasal Verbs- identify as
- be identified with
- identify with
- identify yourself with