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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
i·den·ti·fy    Audio Help   [ahy-den-tuh-fahy, i-den-] Pronunciation Key verb, -fied, -fy·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.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.
2.to serve as a means of identification for: His gruff voice quickly identified him.
3.to make, represent to be, or regard or treat as the same or identical: They identified Jones with the progress of the company.
4.to associate in name, feeling, interest, action, etc. (usually fol. by with): He preferred not to identify himself with that group.
5.Biology. to determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs.
6.Psychology. to associate (one or oneself) with another person or a group of persons by identification.
–verb (used without object)
7.to experience psychological identification: The audience identified with the play's characters.
[Origin: 1635–45; < ML identificāre, equiv. to identi(tās) identity + -ficāre -fy]

—Related forms
i·den·ti·fi·a·ble, adjective
i·den·ti·fi·a·bil·i·ty, i·den·ti·fi·a·ble·ness, noun
i·den·ti·fi·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. distinguish, place, know, determine.
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Thesaurus Entries (3 more entries. View all »)
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  identify
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To associate or affiliate oneself closely with a person or group.
Synonyms:  empathize, relate, sympathize
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  identify
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  associate, brand, describe, designate, diagnose, discover, establish, find, finger, label, mark, name, pinpoint, recognize, tag, verify
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  associate
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To come or bring together in one's mind or imagination.
Synonyms:  bracket, connect, correlate, couple, link
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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