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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

식별하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sigbyeolhada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Identify/aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪ/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #650 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 용의자를 식별할 수 있었다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To recognize or establish what something is.

    "The detective was able to identify the suspect from the security footage."
  2. 2

    To associate closely with a particular group or idea.

    "Many people identify with the values of their community."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Late Latin identificāre, formed from Latin idem meaning "the same" and facere meaning "to make". First appearing in English in the mid-17th century, the term originally meant to establish the sameness of something, eventually broadening to include recognizing or determining the identity of a person or object.

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