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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
- 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
- identifiably adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The police department didn’t immediately respond to a request for more information about how they identified the girl as the suspect or if they believe the shooting was intentional or not.
The report identifies a group of metros, including Heber, Utah; Boise City, Idaho; and Minneapolis, Minn. where rising prices are coupled with a faster sales pace, signaling strong buyer competition for limited inventory.
In the most recent tactics identified by cybersecurity firm Proofpoint, hackers posed as freight middlemen, posting fake loads to the boards.
The scientists identified how ZAK attaches to ribosomes and which structural features of the collided ribosomes are necessary for its activation.
"Exosomes are used to communicate with and activate surrounding cells, and we have now identified a defect in both the production and the quality of exosomes in cells that we know are predisposed to Alzheimer's."
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