identified

2.8

Shown to be a particular person or thing

adjective
/aɪˈdɛntɪfaɪdɪd/

: identificado

The suspect was identified by multiple witnesses at the scene of the crime.

They're not identified, but they're not prosaic.

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Examples

But at the end of the day, they're identified as good workers.
And this of course, identified them as being a Maoist group.
You need everyone fully identified as FBI agents.
And this Republic is is strongly identified with Paris.
But when he was at MIT, he was identified female.

Andrew Huberman
She was identified as a leading expert in her field after the conference.
They were identified as members of the local community who volunteered for the project.

Synonyms

known

vsidentified

2 1.0

Familiar to many people and easy to identify

is proved to be a particular person or thing rather than just accepted

recognized

vsidentified

Formal

3.5

Known and officially accepted as important or respected

is proved to be a specific person or thing not an official status

Antonyms

unidentified

∞ 4.2

Not known or named

Compounds

self-identified incel

NSFW

9.9

A person who says they cannot find a romantic or sexual partner, often online

trans-identified female

9.3

A person who was born female but identifies as a different gender

How Certain

identified

2.8

unidentified

∞ 4.2

Surface Forms

identified positive

Morphology

identified = identify (transparent) = identify + ed

Formed by the productive English process of adding the past-participle/adjectival suffix '-ed' to the verb 'identify', so the meaning 'having been identified' is directly derived.

Etymology

Identified comes from the same root as identity, from an old Latin word meaning 'the same'. So, to be identified is to be shown to be that 'same' person or thing, or to be 'recognized'.