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# identify

verb (identify, identifies, identified, identifying)

«identify» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To recognise and say who or what someone or something is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identify/#m1)
2. To find or pick out something, such as a pattern, a mistake or a problem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identify/#m2)
3. identify with: to feel that you understand someone or share their feelings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identify/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school: identify shapes, identify the verb in a sentence, identify a pattern in numbers. In safety, children may be asked to identify a person or a danger. Phrases: identify as, identify with, identify a pattern.

### Examples

- Can you identify this shape? It has six sides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identify/#x1)
- Identify the noun in each sentence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identify/#x2)
- The police asked the boy to identify the thief. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identify/#x3)
- Identify the next number in the pattern 2, 4, 6, 8. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identify/#x4)
- Scientists identified a new kind of frog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identify/#x5)
- I identify with the girl in the story because I am shy too. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identify/#x6)
- Try to identify the mistake in this sum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identify/#x7)
- He was identified by his red cap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identify/#x8)
- Afanasief (viii. p. 527) identifies the Sun's Sister with the Dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identify/#x9)

### Note

The y changes to i: identifies, identified. The noun is "identification" (ID card). Identify is about naming or recognising; it does not change numbers in a maths problem.

## In Jewish tradition

In school: identify shapes, identify the verb in a sentence, identify a pattern in numbers. In safety, children may be asked to identify a person or a danger. Phrases: identify as, identify with, identify a pattern.

### Examples

- And Samekh-Tzadi-Resh-Shin, between the teeth and tongue, lain down and flattened. \[note 1: These last two words, שכובה ושטותה, are difficult to identify. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/identify/#x1)
- The supplemental paragraphs have been printed in modern form by Kalisch ; they identify the several letters of the Heptad more definitely with the planets, days of the week, human attributes and organs of the senses. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/identify/#x2)

### Note

The y changes to i: identifies, identified. The noun is "identification" (ID card). Identify is about naming or recognising; it does not change numbers in a maths problem.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «identify» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/identify/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«identify» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/identify.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «identify» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/identify/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«identify» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/identify.html) on Mova free.