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Identify Pronunciation
Identify is pronounced eye-DEN-tuh-fy, IPA /aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ/.
eye-DEN-tuh-fy
US /aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ/ · UK /aɪˈdɛntɪˌfaɪ/
Syllables: eye · DEN · tuh · fy (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
verb: To recognise someone or something, or to say who or what they are.
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Identify in a Sentence
- Witnesses could not identify the driver.
- The app can identify a bird from its song.
- Please identify yourself at the desk.
Common Mispronunciations of Identify
Not eye-DEN-ti-fee
The last beat is a full fy with the eye vowel, the ending that classify and justify also carry.
Not EYE-den-tuh-fy
DEN is the loud beat and the eye in front of it goes by quickly.
Tip: Identity, identical and identify agree on DEN, so the whole family is one pattern.
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