What part of speech is identified?

Identified can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. identified is a verb, past participle of identify (infinitive).
  • 2. identified is a verb, past simple of identify (infinitive).
  • 3. identified is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more identified
    most identified
  • Positive: identified 
  • Comparative: more identified
  • Superlative: most identified

What does identified mean?

Definitions

Adjective

identified - having the identity known or established; "the identified bodies were released for burial"

Verb

identify - recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"
identify - identify as in botany or biology, for example
identify - consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
identify - consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He identified with the refugees"
identify - conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"
identify - give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"

Examples of identified

#   Sentence  
1. adj. The identified bodies were released for burial.
2. verb They want to be identified as 'Christians', and I fully suspect that for some of them, the motivation behind their subterfuge is more than mere political advantage, and has a lot more to do with the black magician's practice of the inversion principle.
3. verb Please review the attached memo to verify that I have identified all of the products that you are interested in trading in Brazil.
4. verb The crew of the Shenzhou VI spacecraft was identified as Fei Junlong, 40, and Nie Haishen, 41, by China's official news agency.
5. verb In most cases, modernization is identified with Westernization.
6. verb The dead body was identified by a mole on the cheek.
7. verb Happiness is sometimes identified with money.
8. verb The lost child was identified by his clothes.
9. verb The manager opened the door and identified himself.
10. verb I have always identified hard work with success in life.
11. verb I identified myself with the gangsters in the film.
12. verb He identified the wreck of the Titanic.
13. verb They identified him with God.
14. verb She identified him as the murderer.
15. verb It was identified by telescope as a torch.
16. verb However, these solvents were identified as carcinogenic.
Sentence  
adj.
The identified bodies were released for burial.
verb
They want to be identified as 'Christians', and I fully suspect that for some of them, the motivation behind their subterfuge is more than mere political advantage, and has a lot more to do with the black magician's practice of the inversion principle.
Please review the attached memo to verify that I have identified all of the products that you are interested in trading in Brazil.
The crew of the Shenzhou VI spacecraft was identified as Fei Junlong, 40, and Nie Haishen, 41, by China's official news agency.
In most cases, modernization is identified with Westernization.
The dead body was identified by a mole on the cheek.
Happiness is sometimes identified with money.
The lost child was identified by his clothes.
The manager opened the door and identified himself.
I have always identified hard work with success in life.
I identified myself with the gangsters in the film.
He identified the wreck of the Titanic.
They identified him with God.
She identified him as the murderer.
It was identified by telescope as a torch.
However, these solvents were identified as carcinogenic.

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