identify
verb (identify, identifies, identified, identifying)
Everyday
- To recognise and say who or what someone or something is. tree →
- To find or pick out something, such as a pattern, a mistake or a problem. tree →
- identify with: to feel that you understand someone or share their feelings. tree →
In the lessons
In school: identify shapes, identify the verb in a sentence, identify a pattern in numbers. In safety, children may be asked to identify a person or a danger. Phrases: identify as, identify with, identify a pattern.
Examples
- Can you identify this shape? It has six sides. tree →
- Identify the noun in each sentence. tree →
- The police asked the boy to identify the thief. tree →
- Identify the next number in the pattern 2, 4, 6, 8. tree →
- Scientists identified a new kind of frog. tree →
- I identify with the girl in the story because I am shy too. tree →
- Try to identify the mistake in this sum. tree →
- He was identified by his red cap. tree →
- Afanasief (viii. p. 527) identifies the Sun's Sister with the Dawn. tree →
Note
The y changes to i: identifies, identified. The noun is "identification" (ID card). Identify is about naming or recognising; it does not change numbers in a maths problem.
In Jewish tradition
In school: identify shapes, identify the verb in a sentence, identify a pattern in numbers. In safety, children may be asked to identify a person or a danger. Phrases: identify as, identify with, identify a pattern.
Examples
- And Samekh-Tzadi-Resh-Shin, between the teeth and tongue, lain down and flattened. [note 1: These last two words, שכובה ושטותה, are difficult to identify. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- The supplemental paragraphs have been printed in modern form by Kalisch ; they identify the several letters of the Heptad more definitely with the planets, days of the week, human attributes and organs of the senses. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
Note
The y changes to i: identifies, identified. The noun is "identification" (ID card). Identify is about naming or recognising; it does not change numbers in a maths problem.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «identify» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- Trees and pragmatics of «identify» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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