Identify
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English
Verb
Identify (third-person singular simple present identifies, present participle identifying, simple past and past participle identified)
- (transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
- (transitive) (biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
- (transitive) To equate two or more things.
- (intransitive) To associate oneself with some group.
- (intransitive) To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.
- (transitive) (topology) To map a number of points to one.
Synonyms
- to ID
Related terms
Adverbs for Identify
unconsciously; mystically; irrevocably; peculiarly; mechanically; ecclesiastically; prominently; nominally.
Adjectives for Identify
concealed; conscious; obliterated; substantial; separate; sweet; veritable; undiscovered; revealed; fictitious.
Thesaurus
ally, apply, appraise, argue, assess, associate, baptize, be indicative of, be significant of, be symptomatic of, bespeak, betoken, bind, bracket, call, catalog, catalogue, categorize, characterize, christen, class, classify, coalesce, combine, connect, connote, correlate, couple, define, denominate, denote, descry, designate, detect, determinate, determine, diagnose, differentiate, dig, discern, disclose, display, distinguish, draw a parallel, dub, empathize with, entail, entitle, equate, espy, establish, evaluate, express, factor, find, finger, fuse, gauge, give evidence, give token, group, have, highlight, hint, home in on, home on, identify with, indicate, interrelate, involve, join, know, know again, label, link, make one, make out, manifest, map, mark, mean, merge, nail, name, nickname, nominate, note, notice, parallel, parallelize, peg, perceive, pick out, pick up, pinpoint, place, point out, realize, recall knowledge of, receive, recognize, reidentify, relate, relate to, relativize, reveal, scan, see, select, sense, show, sift, signify, single out, sort, sort out, specify, spot, spy, stand for, style, suggest, sweep, sympathize with, symptomatize, symptomize, synthesize, tag, tell, term, testify, thrash out, tie, title, trigger, tune in, unify, unite, wed, weigh, winnow
Etymology
From French identifier < Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faciō.
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External links
- Identify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Identify in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Identify at OneLook Dictionary Search
