- present tense form of identify (3rd person singular).
identifies
Example Sentences
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Mr. Kirsch identifies two recent changes that reflect a legitimating shift in attitudes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Like most of us, he identifies as “very much not a mathematician.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Another trope Hartnett identifies in asset allocation is “Anything But China.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Manivannan, who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, was being interviewed about care and carers in society, when host Sindhu Rajasekaran raised the rehabilitation of criminals, saying she could have no empathy for rapists.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Am I correct in saying, Horace, that paragraph four on page four of your autopsy report identifies drowning as the cause of Carl Heine’s death?”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
