identify

Definition

Examples

The audit helped us identify several ways to cut our costs.

Word Family

Synonyms

• recognizeaccept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
• determineestablish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
• pinpointa very brief moment

Collocations

• Easy identify the problem
  to identify the problem, meaning to recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
• Medium identify target customer segments
  to identify target customer segments, meaning to recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
• Hard identify bottleneck constraints in production
  to identify bottleneck constraints in production, meaning to recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
• Very Hard identify intimately with corporate ethos
  to identify intimately with corporate ethos, meaning to recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something