verb#1,040 by frequency
identify
/aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪ/
To establish the identity of someone or something; To disclose the identity of someone
- he/she/it
- identifies
- past participle
- identified
Meanings
- 1
To establish the identity of someone or something
Can you identify these animals?
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Can you identify the animals in the pictures?
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- 2
To disclose the identity of someone
- 3
To establish the taxonomic classification of an organismrare
- 4
To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into onerare
- 5
To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected torare
- 6
To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same wayrare
- 7
To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneselfrare