identifies

VERB

recognize; label

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analyze classify describe determine diagnose establish find name pinpoint select single out spot

STRONG

card catalog distinguish peg place separate tag

WEAK

button down determinate diagnosticate make out pick out put one's finger on tab

Antonyms

STRONGEST

confuse lose miss overlook

WEAK

mistake

Example Sentences

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Deutsche Bank strategist Adrian Cox identifies a whole host of companies in the space are also awaiting their opportunity to go public, like Databricks, Glean and Vanta.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

Like Mamdani, Lewis George identifies as a democratic socialist, not a communist.

From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026

Under World Health Organization guidelines, Uganda must go 42 days without a new case before it is declared Ebola-free, a threshold the country will cross in early August if it identifies no new infections.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Instead of focusing on words that seem most likely to be the answer, the method identifies guesses that reveal the greatest amount of information and eliminate the largest number of possibilities.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026

At best, this book identifies several constellations of environmental factors that I believe provide a large part of the answer to Yali’s question.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond