Kilo Lingo

/aɪˈden.tɪ.faɪ/

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Translation

To say who somebody is or what something is, because you know it or can see it clearly.

Word origin

From Latin idem, meaning the same, and facere, meaning to make. To identify is to make one thing the same as a known thing.

Origin
Latin
Root
idem + facere
English cognates
identity, identical

Grammar

Verb typeregular (identify, identifies, identified)

Examples

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"Identify" here means say who he is.

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Here "identify" means find out what something is.

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"Identify yourself" means say your name.

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This word is part of lesson 36.