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identify
[ ahy-den-tuh-fahy, ih-den- ]
verb (used with object)
- to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity none of:
to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to serve as a means of identification none for:
His gruff voice quickly identified him.
- to make, represent to be, or regard or treat as the same or identical:
They identified Jones with the progress of the company.
- to associate in name, feeling, interest, action, etc. (usually followed by with ):
He preferred not to identify himself with that group.
- Biology. to determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs.
- Psychology. to associate (one or oneself ) with another person or a group of persons by identification none.
verb (used without object)
- to associate oneself in feeling, interest, action, etc., with a specified group or belief system (usually followed by as or with ):
He identifies as bisexual. She identifies with feminism. My family identifies Hispanic.
- to experience psychological identification:
The audience identified with the play's characters.
identify
/ ɪˈɛԳɪˌڲɪ /
verb
- to prove or recognize as being a certain person or thing; determine the identity of
- to consider as the same or equivalent
- also introften foll bywith to consider (oneself) as similar to another
- to determine the taxonomic classification of (a plant or animal)
- intrusually foll bywith psychol to engage in identification
Derived Forms
- ˈԳپˌھ, adjective
- ˈԳپˌھ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ·t·ھa· adjective
- ·t·ھa·i·ٲ ·t·ھa··ness noun
- ·t·ھe noun
- v··t·ڲ verb overidentified overidentifying
- i·t·ڲ verb (used with object) preidentified preidentifying
- i·t·ڲ verb (used with object) reidentified reidentifying
- un·t·ھa· adjective
- ܲi·t·ھa· adverb
- ܲi·t·ھ adjective
- ܲi·t·ڲiԲ adjective
- ɱ-·t·ھ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of identify1
Example Sentences
According to OC Community Cats, the protest moved from the home identified as Acosta’s to a nearby one believed to be a family member’s.
The CCC notes progress in some other areas of climate adaptation, such as plans to identify risks to businesses and financial institutions.
After the lawsuit was filed, Border Patrol issued notice to their agents about how to make a warrantless arrest and identify themselves as agents during arrests.
Their study identified 100 functions the robots could possibly perform with simple adjustments.
A 29-year-old doctor from Bristol has had her eyesight saved after a "game-changing" test identified a mystery infection that had plagued her health for five years.
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