Definition

1. 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

1. having the identity known or established
   • the identified bodies were released for burial