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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

identify

verb

Definition

to recognize or establish what something is

In a sentence

The biologist identified the rare bird.

Similar words

  • recognize
  • spot

Related vocabulary

Why this word matters: identify appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.