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   I·den·ti·fy

   /īˈden(t)əˌfī/

   

   verb

   • 1. establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is: "the judge ordered that the girl 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 student'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) closely with; regard (someone) 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 upstate 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 a person?

   • 1. to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of. 2. to serve as a means of identification for. 3. to regard or treat as the same or identical; make identical. 4. to associate, as in name, feeling, interest, or action: They identified him with the old regime.

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   What is identify verb?

   • 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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   Whatever it is, when you recognize the identity of someone or something, you identify it. 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).

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