English Explanatory Dictionary

identify

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To establish the identity of someone or something.
To disclose the identity of someone.
To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.
To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.

Pronunciation

/aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪ/ /aɪˈdɛn.(t)ə.faɪ/ /aɪˈdɛn.(t)ɪ.faɪ/ en-us-identify.ogg

Word forms

identify identifies identifying identified

Etymology

From French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faciō.

Synonyms

ID clock identify ken to make someone notice recognize twig

Antonyms

misken

Related words

identic identical identification identity associate

Derived words

deidentify disidentify hyperidentify identifiability identifiable identifiee identifier identifyee misidentify nonidentified nonidentifying overidentify photoidentify preidentified reidentify self-identify underidentified unidentified unidentifying

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