No. 14,143 in Russian
опознать
"Опознать" means "to identify" or "to recognize."
In a sentence
Полиция смогла опознать подозреваемого по видеозаписям.
The police were able to identify the suspect from the video footage.
In this context, the word 'опознать' is used to mean 'identify' in the context of recognizing someone through external evidence.
Рассказчик не смог опознать голос в записи.
The narrator couldn't identify the voice in the recording.
Here, 'опознать' is used to signify recognizing or identifying an abstract attribute, specifically a voice.
Служащие на таможне опознали контрабандный груз.
The customs officers identified the smuggled cargo.
In this usage, 'опознать' refers to recognizing, determining, or pinpointing an object or entity to associate it with a category or identification.
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