verb · academic
identify
/aɪˈdɛntɪfaɪ/i·DEN·ti·fy
Band 7+task1task2speaking
to recognise and name or find the cause or nature of something
Examples
“The researchers identified three main causes of the decline in bee populations.”
“Students were asked to identify the key arguments in the article.”
“It can be hard to identify the original source of a viral image online.”
Band 8 sentence
“By cross-referencing historical records and genetic data, the team identified a previously unknown subspecies.”
Collocations
- identify the cause
- identify a problem
- be identified as
Word family
identification nounidentifiable adjective
Common mistakes
identify with→identify (no preposition) / identify as
identifiy→identify
Say it for a higher band
5find→6recognise→7+identify
Synonyms
recognise
detect
Easily confused
recognise
“I recognise her from school.”
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