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Definitions for Identify
[1] 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.
[2] to serve as a means of identification for: His gruff voice quickly identified him.
[3] to make, represent to be, or regard or treat as the same or identical: They identified Jones with the progress of the company.
[4] to associate in name, feeling, interest, action, etc. (usually followed by with ): He preferred not to identify himself with that group.
[5] Biology . to determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs.
[6] Psychology . to associate (one or oneself) with another person or a group of persons by identification.
[7] 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.
[8] to experience psychological identification: The audience identified with the play's characters.
[9] to prove or recognize as being a certain person or thing; determine the identity of
[10] to consider as the same or equivalent
[11] (also intr often foll by with ) to consider (oneself) as similar to another
[12] to determine the taxonomic classification of (a plant or animal)
[13] (intr usually foll by with ) psychol to engage in identification
Words related to Identify
diagnose, pinpoint, describe, spot, classify, determine, analyze, establish, find, select, name, separate, catalog, tag, place, distinguish, peg, card, determinate, tab
Words nearby Identify
identification bracelet, identification card, identification parade, identification tag, identifier, identify, identikit, identity, identity card, identity crisis, identity disorder
Origin of Identify
1635–45; < Medieval Latin identificāre, equivalent to identi(tās ) identity + -ficāre -fy
Other words from Identify
i·den·ti·fi·a·ble , adjective
i·den·ti·fi·a·bil·i·ty , i·den·ti·fi·a·ble·ness , noun
i·den·ti·fi·er , noun
o·ver·i·den·ti·fy , verb, o·ver·i·den·ti·fied, o·ver·i·den·ti·fy·ing.
pre·i·den·ti·fy , verb (used with object), pre·i·den·ti·fied, pre·i·den·ti·fy·ing.
re·i·den·ti·fy , verb (used with object), re·i·den·ti·fied, re·i·den·ti·fy·ing.
un·i·den·ti·fi·a·ble , adjective
un·i·den·ti·fi·a·bly , adverb
un·i·den·ti·fied , adjective
un·i·den·ti·fy·ing , adjective
well-i·den·ti·fied , adjective
Synonyms for Identify
analyze, classify, describe, determine, diagnose, establish, find, name, pinpoint, select, single out, spot, card, catalog, distinguish, peg, place, separate, tag, button down, determinate, diagnosticate, make out, pick out, put one's finger on, tab