identified
part of speech
verb form (identify, identifies, identified, identifying); adjective (identified)
meaning for a pupil
1) (past of «identify») Recognised or found out who or what someone or something is: «We identified the bird from its song». tree →
2) Showed or named what something is: «She identified the problem». tree →
3) (identified with) Felt that you understand and share someone's feelings. tree →
4) When one thing is identified with another, people say they are the same, or treat them as the same. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science: we identified the leaves with a key; we identified the variables in an experiment. In maths: «identified the pattern» or «identified the shape». In safety: the police identified the thief from the camera. In reading: «I identified with the main character». Phrases: «identified as», «identified by», «identified with».
examples
- We identified the bird as a robin. tree →
- The scientists identified a new type of frog. tree →
- She quickly identified the mistake in her sum. tree →
- The police identified the car from its number plate. tree →
- I identified with the shy boy in the story. tree →
- We identified all the right angles in the shape. tree →
- The fossil was identified as a dinosaur tooth. tree →
- This divinity is sometimes identified with Tyche, sometimes with Ananke. tree →
note
identify → identified: y → i + ed. Present: identifies. Noun: identification (ID), identity. «Identified» is both past simple and past participle.
In the corpora
- Pick only berries a grown-up has identified, from above dog height and away from roads, and wash them before eating.
- Many berries look alike and some are poisonous; pick only berries a grown-up has identified.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «identified» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.