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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
They will then need to confirm their identity through a TSA system known as TSA Confirm ID, which can check a person’s identity against passport data and other personally identifying information.
"This study is the first to identify major phases of brain wiring across a human lifespan."
Understanding how vesicles behave under normal conditions is key to identifying where communication begins to fail in neurological diseases, Watanabe says.
Administrators are in the process of trying to identify a preferred bidder to take over the club and previously indicated that they hope to have one by Friday.
"Airbus confirms it has identified a supplier quality issue affecting a limited number of A320 metal panels," a spokeswoman for the company told AFP, confirming earlier media reports.
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