'Identify' definitions:
Definition of 'identify'
(from WordNet)
verb
Recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster" [syn: identify, place]
verb
Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months" [syn: name, identify]
verb
Consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He identified with the refugees"
verb
Conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"
verb
Identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn: identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name]
verb
Consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
Definition of 'Identify'
From: GCIDE
- Identify \I*den"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Identified; p. pr. & vb. n. Identifying.] [Cf. F. identifier. See Identity, and -fy.]
- 1. To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation. [1913 Webster]
- Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people and of the rulers. --D. Ramsay. [1913 Webster]
- Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Identify'
From: GCIDE
- Identify \I*den"ti*fy\, v. i.
- 1. To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc. [Obs. or R.]
- 2. To coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.; to associate oneself in name, goals, or feelings; usually used with with; as, he identified with the grief she felt at her father's death. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- An enlightened self-interest, which, when well understood, they tell us will identify with an interest more enlarged and public. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'identify'
From: Moby 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