Definitions for identifier
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
i•den•ti•fyaɪˈdɛn təˌfaɪ, ɪˈdɛn-(v.)-fied, -fy•ing.
(v.t.)to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of.
to serve as a means of identification for.
to regard or treat as the same or identical; make identical.
to associate, as in name, feeling, interest, or action:
They identified him with the old regime.
to determine to what group (a given biological specimen) belongs.
Category: Biology
to associate (one or oneself) with another person or a group by identification.
Category: Psychology
(v.i.)to experience psychological identification:
The audience identified with the main character.
Category: Psychology
Origin of identify:
1635–45; < ML identificāre, der. of identitās identity
i•den′ti•fi`er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
identifier(noun)
a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it
Wiktionary
identifier(Noun)
Someone who identifies; a person who establishes the identity of.
identifier(Noun)
Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else.
identifier(Noun)
A guidebook that helps determine the specific class of an object (such as a mushroom, herb, fish, bird, drug, or mineral), or its individual identity (such as that of a star).
identifier(Noun)
A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a process, user, group, etc.
identifier(Noun)
A primary key.
Translations for identifier
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
identify(verb)
to recognize as being a certain person etc
Would you be able to identify the man who robbed you?; He identified the coat as his brother's.
- identifiseerAfrikaans
- يَتَعَرَّف على ، يُثْبِت هويَّةArabic
- идентифицирамBulgarian
- identificarPortuguese (BR)
- identifikovatCzech
- identifizierenGerman
- identificere; genkendeDanish
- αναγνωρίζωGreek
- identificarSpanish
- ära tundmaEstonian
- شناسایی کردن؛ تشخیص دادنFarsi
- tunnistaaFinnish
- identifierFrench
- לְזָהוֹתHebrew
- पहचाननाHindi
- identificiratiCroatian
- felismerHungarian
- mengenaliIndonesian
- þekkja, bera kennsl áIcelandic
- identificareItalian
- 確認するJapanese
- 신원을 확인하다Korean
- identifikuoti, atpažinti, nustatytiLithuanian
- identificēt, atpazītLatvian
- mengenaliMalay
- identificerenDutch
- identifisere, kjenne igjenNorwegian
- rozpoznaćPolish
- شناسایی کردن؛ تشخیص دادنPersian
- تشخيصول، هويت څرګندول: يوشان ثابتول يوډول كولPashto
- identificarPortuguese
- a identificaRomanian
- опознаватьRussian
- identifikovaťSlovak
- prepoznatiSlovenian
- identifikovatiSerbian
- identifieraSwedish
- พิสูจน์ว่าเป็นคนเดียวกันThai
- tanımak, kimliğini saptamakTurkish
- 認出Chinese (Trad.)
- розпізнавати, пізнаватиUkrainian
- شناخت کرناUrdu
- nhận ra; nhận dạngVietnamese
- 认出Chinese (Simp.)
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