identify

identifizieren, erkennen

Erkennen und angeben, wer jemand ist oder worum es sich bei etwas handelt.

In einfachem Englisch: To recognize someone or something and say who or what they are.

• Can you identify this bird?
• The witness identified the driver.
• We have identified the cause of the problem.

So benutzt man es: identify someone/something as someone/something (She identified the bird as a robin.)

Synonyme: recognize, name, pinpoint

Häufige Wendungen: identify a suspect, identify something as, identify the cause

sich identifizieren, sich hineinversetzen

Die Gefühle eines anderen verstehen, weil man Ähnliches erlebt oder gefühlt hat.

In einfachem Englisch: To understand another person’s feelings because you have felt or experienced something similar.

• I identify with her worries.
• He identified with the young hero.
• Can you identify with someone whose life is very different?

So benutzt man es: identify with someone/something (Many readers identify with the lonely child in the story.)

Synonyme: relate to, empathize with

Häufige Wendungen: identify with someone, identify with something

kennzeichnen, ausweisen

Deutlich zeigen, wer jemand ist oder was etwas ist.

In einfachem Englisch: To show clearly who someone is or what something is.

• His badge identifies him as a doctor.
• The label identifies the contents of the bottle.
• A red mark identifies the correct entrance.

So benutzt man es: identify someone/something by something (The tags identify each animal by number.); identify someone as something (His uniform identifies him as a police officer.)

Synonyme: indicate, distinguish

Häufige Wendungen: identify someone clearly, identify the owner, identify something by

assoziieren, in Verbindung bringen

Jemanden oder etwas eng mit einer Gruppe, einer Idee oder einer Eigenschaft in Verbindung bringen.

In einfachem Englisch: To connect someone or something closely with a group, idea, or quality.

• She identifies strongly with the movement.
• The brand is identified with luxury.
• People identified him with the old political system.

So benutzt man es: identify someone/something with someone/something (The public identifies the singer with that campaign.); be identified with something (The town is closely identified with shipbuilding.)

Synonyme: associate, link

Häufige Wendungen: identify someone with, identify with something

gleichsetzen, vereinigen

Verschiedene Dinge als gleich behandeln oder zu einer Einheit zusammenführen.

In einfachem Englisch: To treat different things as the same, or join them into one.

• The theory identifies mind with matter.
• We should not identify wealth with success.
• The proposal identifies the interests of workers with those of the company.

So benutzt man es: identify something with something (The argument identifies happiness with pleasure.)

Synonyme: equate, unite

Gegenteile: differentiate, separate

Häufige Wendungen: identify something with, identify the two