BBC learning English let's learn the verb identify.
If you identify something or someone, it means you notice it or them and can say who or what they are.
I identified the person in the photo as my neighbor.
There was a flavor in this soup that I just couldn't identify.
If you identify with someone or a group of people, then you feel that you have something in common with them.
I can identify with your problems.
I have similar ones.
If you identify as something, it means you would label yourself in that way.
I identify as a hard worker.
I'm proud of what I do.
Identify is about recognition.
It can be about recognizing people and things.
You can identify with a situation you recognize, and if you identify as something, it's how you see yourself.
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