identified
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having been recognized or established as being a particular person or thing: The state of being known, named, or confirmed.
- Having one's identity made known or verified: The condition where the specific characteristics or details of someone or something are determined.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The police have an identified suspect in custody.
- The cause of the problem was finally identified after extensive testing.
- She is an identified expert in her field.
Advanced Usage
- "Identified as": Used to specify the capacity or category in which someone or something is recognized.
- The artifact was identified as belonging to the Roman era.
- "Positively identified": Emphasizes a definitive or conclusive recognition.
- The witness positively identified the man in the lineup.
Variants and Related Words
- Identify (verb): To establish or indicate who or what someone or something is.
- Can you identify this plant?
- Identification (noun): The action or process of identifying someone or something.
- Proof of identification is required.
- Identifiable (adjective): Able to be recognized.
- The car had several identifiable marks.
Synonyms
- Recognized: Acknowledged as being valid or true.
- Established: Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized.
- Designated: Officially assigned a particular status or name.
Antonyms
- Unidentified: Not recognized or known.
- Anonymous: Not identified by name; of unknown name.
- Unknown: Not known or familiar.
Related Phrases
- Identified patient: A term in family therapy for the person initially labeled as having the problem.
- In family systems, the child is often the identified patient.
- Identified flying object (IFO): An object in the sky that has been conclusively identified, as opposed to a UFO.
- The strange light turned out to be an IFO—a weather balloon.
Adjective
- having the identity known or established
- the identified bodies were released for burial