verb · neutral
identify
/aɪˈdɛntɪfaɪ/i·DEN·ti·fy
Band 5-6speakingtask1task2
to find out or point out what something is
Examples
“Task 1: Identify the main trends in the chart.”
“She identified three possible causes of the problem.”
“Can you identify the speaker in this recording?”
Band 8 sentence
“To make the argument convincing, I first identify the main structural causes of unemployment and then evaluate possible policy responses.”
Collocations
- identify the main trends
- identify a cause
- identify as
Word family
identify verbidentification nounidentifiable adjectiveidentifier noun
Common mistakes
do an identification of the causes→identify the causes
to have identify→to identify
Say it for a higher band
5find→6point out→7+identify
Synonyms
recognize
determine
Easily confused
recognize
“I couldn't recognize him with his new haircut.”
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