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   identify

   /ʌɪˈdɛntɪfʌɪ/

   verb

   • 1. establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is: "the judge ordered that the girl should not be identified" Similar recognizesingle outpick outspotpoint outpinpointpin downput one's finger onput a name tonameplaceknowknow againknow by sightdiscerndistinguishdiscoverfindlocaterememberrecallrecollectcall to mindinformal:put the finger onfinger
   • ▪ recognize or distinguish (especially something considered worthy of attention): "a system that ensures that the pupil's real needs are identified" Similar determineestablishascertainfind outdiscoverlearnfixsettledecidemake outferret outdiagnosededucedivineintuitdiscerndistinguishverifyconfirmmake certain ofcertifyinformal:figure outget a fix on
   • ▪ assign (a particular characteristic or categorization) to oneself; describe oneself as belonging to (a particular category or group): "she identifies as a feminist"
   • 2. associate someone or something closely with; regard as having strong links with: "he was equivocal about being identified too closely with the peace movement" Similar associatelinkconnectcouplerelatebracketthink of togetherthink of in connection withdraw a parallel withmention in the same breath asset side by side withOpposite distinguish
   • ▪ equate (someone or something) with: "because of my country accent, people identified me with a homely farmer's wife" Similar equate withidentify someone asconsider someone/something to beregard as being the same asregard as being identical to
   • ▪ regard oneself as sharing the same characteristics or thinking as someone else: "I liked Fromm and identified with him" Similar empathizebe in tunehave a rapportfeel togethernessfeel at onecommunesympathizebe in sympathybe on the same wavelength asspeak/talk the same language asunderstandrelate tofeel forhave insight intoinformal:put oneself in the shoes of

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘treat as being identical with’): from medieval Latin identificare, from late Latin identitas (see identity) + Latin -ficare (from facere ‘make’).

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   What does identified mean?

   • , i·den·ti·fied, i·den·ti·fy·ing. to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check. His gruff voice quickly identified him. They identified Jones with the progress of the company. He preferred not to identify himself with that group. Biology. to determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs.

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   What does identify mean in a sentence?

   • The thing bequeathed must be described with sufficient clearness to identify it, nothing more is required. However, both let it pass, and no one through the whole school attempted to identify it. Identify definition: to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of. See examples of IDENTIFY used in a sentence.

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   What does it mean to identify someone?

   • identify what, which, etc… They are trying to identify what is wrong with the present system. identify somebody/something (as somebody/something) to make it possible to recognize who or what somebody/something is In many cases, the clothes people wear identify them as belonging to a particular social class.

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   • Definition of identify verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary identify somebody/something She was able to identify her attacker. Passengers were asked to identify their own suitcases before they were put on the plane. identify yourself Many of those arrested refused to identify themselves (= would not say who they were).

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   How do you identify a person?

   • If you identify someone or something, you name them or say who or what they are. Police have already identified around 10 murder suspects. [VERB noun] The reporters identified one of the six Americans as an Army Specialist. [VERB noun + as] They identified six plants as having potential for development into pharmaceutical drugs. [V n as n/-ing]

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   • The word identify is easy to...well...identify when you notice how much it looks like the word identity (a noun, meaning who or what something is). Only one consonant separates the two words in spelling ("f" vs. "t"), and they are close relatives in meaning as well.

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   You might identify a Ming dynasty vase, a suspect in a bank robbery, or an ivory-billed woodpecker. Whatever it is, when you recognize the identity of someone or something, you identify it.

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