ALL meanings of identify
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I i - verb with object identify 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. 1
- verb with object identify to serve as a means of identification for: His gruff voice quickly identified him. 1
- verb with object identify to make, represent to be, or regard or treat as the same or identical: They identified Jones with the progress of the company. 1
- verb with object identify to associate in name, feeling, interest, action, etc. (usually followed by with): He preferred not to identify himself with that group. 1
- verb with object identify Biology. to determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs. 1
- verb with object identify Psychology. to associate (one or oneself) with another person or a group of persons by identification. 1
- verb without object identify to associate oneself in feeling, interest, action, etc., with a specified group or belief system (usually followed by as or with): He identifies as bisexual. She identifies with feminism. My family identifies Hispanic. 1
- verb without object identify to experience psychological identification: The audience identified with the play's characters. 1
- noun identify Establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is. 1
- transitive verb identify recognize identity 1
- transitive verb identify recognize sth exists 1
- intransitive verb identify relate emotionally 1
- verb identify If you can identify someone or something, you are able to recognize them or distinguish them from others. 0
- verb identify If you identify someone or something, you name them or say who or what they are. 0
- verb identify If you identify something, you discover or notice its existence. 0
- verb identify If a particular thing identifies someone or something, it makes them easy to recognize, by making them different in some way. 0
- verb identify If you identify with someone or something, you feel that you understand them or their feelings and ideas. 0
- verb identify If you identify one person or thing with another, you think that they are closely associated or involved in some way. 0
- verb identify to prove or recognize as being a certain person or thing; determine the identity of 0
- verb identify to consider as the same or equivalent 0
- verb identify to consider (oneself) as similar to another 0
- verb identify to determine the taxonomic classification of (a plant or animal) 0
- verb identify to engage in identification 0
- verb transitive identify to make identical; consider or treat as the same 0
- verb transitive identify to recognize as being or show to be the very person or thing known, described, or claimed; fix the identity of 0
- verb transitive identify to connect, associate, or involve closely 0
- verb transitive identify to make an identification of (oneself) with someone else 0
- intransitive verb identify to put oneself in another's place, so as to understand and share the other's thoughts, feelings, problems, etc.; sympathize (with) 0
- verb identify (Transitive Verb) To establish the identity of someone or something. 0
- verb identify (Transitive Verb) (biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism. 0
- verb identify (Transitive Verb) To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one. 0
- verb identify (reflexive) To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to. 0
- verb identify (Intransitive Verb) To associate oneself with some group. 0
- verb identify (Intransitive Verb) To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself. 0