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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.
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
/ aɪˈdɛntɪˌfaɪ /
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 Word Forms
- identifiable adjective
- identifiably adverb
- 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
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The first three deaths were identified in September.
Meanwhile, officers were approaching "a number of specific potential witnesses, mainly in the Hebden Bridge and wider Halifax area", who had been identified by the investigation.
Mokyr, 79, won one half of the prize "for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
"We are also working with governments and policy makers to identify how the legal and regulatory framework in this area could be strengthened and any legislative gaps could be addressed," she said.
A number of sites where the new school could be built were identified across the island.
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