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# identified

«identified» in Mova's school dictionary: **Recognised or found out who or what someone or something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identified/#m1)

2) Showed or named what something is: «She identified the problem». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identified/#m2)

3) (identified with) Felt that you understand and share someone's feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identified/#m3)

4) When one thing is identified with another, people say they are the same, or treat them as the same. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identified/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identified/#x1)
- The scientists identified a new type of frog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identified/#x2)
- She quickly identified the mistake in her sum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identified/#x3)
- The police identified the car from its number plate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identified/#x4)
- I identified with the shy boy in the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identified/#x5)
- We identified all the right angles in the shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identified/#x6)
- The fossil was identified as a dinosaur tooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identified/#x7)
- This divinity is sometimes identified with Tyche, sometimes with Ananke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identified/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/4/)
- [Many berries look alike and some are poisonous; pick only berries a grown-up has identified.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «identified» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identified/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.