identify
verb (used with object)
to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of.
identified
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past participleof identify.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof identify.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
identifyverb (used with object)to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of.
Example Sentences
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Researchers believe the process identified beneath Kikai may help explain why other enormous caldera systems, including Yellowstone and Toba, also contain large magma reservoirs relatively close to Earth's surface.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
According to the Miami Herald, federal prosecutors identified Alvarado as an unindicted co-conspirator in a scheme to embezzle money from Venezuela’s national oil company.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Police ended the pursuit before being able to stop the minor, but prosecutors said authorities later identified the 17-year-old as the rider and served the family a search warrant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Fintan Slye, chief executive of NESO, said the investigation identified "areas where we could improve how colleagues can raise concerns and how we respond to them".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
“God. I remember the head of the Institute asking me once what character from fiction I most identified with, and I said Davy Balfour from Kidnapped.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
