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verb ADV. accurately, correctly The new test will enable us to identify more accurately patients who are most at risk. Did you identify all the pictures correctly? | falsely, incorrectly, wrongly | positively | clearly, unambiguously, unequivocally We have not yet clearly identified the source of the pollution. | formally Someone has to formally identify the body. | easily, readily I could identify him easily if I saw him again. | tentatively All three structures dated to the third century and were tentatively identified as shrines. VERB + IDENTIFY be able/unable to, can tests that can identify people at risk of cancer | be easy to, be possible to | be difficult to | be necessary to | attempt to, seek to, try to | be used to, enable sb to, help to | decline to The newspaper declined to identify the source of the allegations. PHRASES a means/way of identifying sb/sth one means of identifying the disease in its early stages PHRASAL VERBS identify with sb ADV. closely, strongly She identified strongly with the main character in the play. VERB + IDENTIFY can/could I can't identify with men like him. identify sb with sth ADV. closely The policy is closely identified with the prime minister himself. | clearly
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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identify sb/sth with sth
[ usually passive ]
to believe that someone or something is closely connected or involved with something
• Many football fans are unfairly identified with violent behaviour., identify with sb
to feel that you are similar to someone in some way and that you can understand them or their situation because of this
• Many women of normal weight feel unable to identify with the super-thin models in glossy magazines.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs