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1. (v.t.) identify
to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of.
2. identify
to serve as a means of identification for.
3. identify
to regard or treat as the same or identical; make identical.
4. identify
to associate, as in name, feeling, interest, or action:
They identified him with the old regime.
5. identify
to determine to what group (a given biological specimen) belongs.
6. identify
to associate (one or oneself) with another person or a group by identification.
7. (v.i.) identify
to experience psychological identification:
The audience identified with the main character.
Etymology: (1635–45; < ML identificāre, der. of identitās identity)
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| Definition of 'identify' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) identify, place
recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
"She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"
2. (verb) name, 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"
3. (verb) identify
consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else
"He identified with the refugees"
4. (verb) identify
conceive of as united or associated
"Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"
5. (verb) identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
identify as in botany or biology, for example
6. (verb) identify
consider to be equal or the same
"He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
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1. (verb) identify
to recognize
We identified three species of fungus growing in the area.; Witnesses were able to identify the gunman.
2. identify
to find out or name
We identified the problem and discussed possible solutions
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| Definition of 'identify' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) identify
to make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation
2. (verb) identify
to establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property
3. (verb) identify
to become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc
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Sense: 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.
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 Afrikaans: identifiseer |
 Arabic: يَتَعَرَّف على ، يُثْبِت |
 Bulgarian: идентифицирам |
 Brazilian: identificar |
 Czech: identifikovat |
 German: identifizieren |
 Danish: identificere; genkende |
 Greek: αναγνωρίζω |
 Spanish: identificar |
 Estonian: ära tundma |
 Farsi: شناسایی کردن؛ تشخیص دادن |
 Finnish: tunnistaa |
 French: identifier |
 Hebrew: לְזָהוֹת |
 Hindi: पहचानना |
 Croatian: identificirati |
 Hungarian: felismer |
 Indonesian: mengenali |
 Icelandic: þekkja, bera kennsl á |
 Italian: identificare |
 Japanese: 確認する |
 Korean: 신원을 확인하다 |
 Lithuanian: identifikuoti, atpažinti, |
 Latvian: identificēt, atpazīt |
 Malay: mengenali |
 Dutch: identificeren |
 Norwegian: identifisere, kjenne igje |
 Polish: rozpoznać |
 Persian: شناسایی کردن؛ تشخیص دادن |
 Pashto: تشخيصول، هويت څرګندول: يو |
 Portuguese: identificar |
 Romanian: a identifica |
 Russian: опознавать |
 Slovak: identifikovať |
 Slovenian: prepoznati |
 Serbian: identifikovati |
 Swedish: identifiera |
 Thai: พิสูจน์ว่าเป็นคนเดียวกัน |
 Turkish: tanımak, kimliğini saptam |
 Taiwanese: 認出 |
 Ukrainian: розпізнавати, пізнавати |
 Urdu: شناخت کرنا |
 Vietnamese: nhận ra; nhận dạng |
 Chinese: 认出 |
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