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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 of.
to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
Synonyms: , , ,to serve as a means of identification 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 bywith ).
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.
verb (used without object)
to associate oneself in feeling, interest, action, etc., with a specified group or belief system (usually followed by as orwith ).
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
to consider (oneself) as similar to another
to determine the taxonomic classification of (a plant or animal)
psychol to engage in identification
Other 51Թ Forms
- identifiable adjective
- identifiability noun
- identifiableness noun
- identifier noun
- overidentify verb
- preidentify verb (used with object)
- reidentify verb (used with object)
- unidentifiable adjective
- unidentifiably adverb
- unidentified adjective
- unidentifying adjective
- well-identified adjective
- ˈԳپˌھ adjective
- ˈԳپˌھ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
They have since notified police about the pair, who have not been identified.
Police release photos of four suspects they want the public to help identify in connection with the disorder.
Western Rivers Conservancy, a Portland, Ore.-based nonprofit, signed a purchase agreement with Green Diamond in 2008 after five years of negotiations and efforts to identify funding.
Padilla, the Trumpian version of the story now goes, got what he deserved: He busted into a press conference uninvited, they say, pushed his way toward the stage and failed to identify himself.
But exactly how many and who was killed may take days to establish: investigators need to rely on DNA to formally identify the bodies found in the wreckage.
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