identify

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   give the name or identifying characteristics of

   refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property

2. 2
   verb

   To establish the identity of someone or something.

   It was hard to identify the shoplifter because the CCTV records didn't have a clear image.

3. 3
   verb

   To disclose the identity of someone.

   The Associated Press will not identify the suspect of the crime because he is a juvenile.

4. 4
   verb

   To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.

   A recent biological inventory uncovered 41 species and 2 subspecies of insects new to science and many species not before identified in the State of Washington.

5. 5
   verb

   To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.

   Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people, and their rulers.

6. 6
   verb

   To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.

   Der Traum erhält eine neue Deutung, wenn sie im Traum nicht sich, sondern die Freundin meint, wenn sie sich an die Stelle der Freundin gesetzt oder, wie wir sagen können, sich mit ihr identifiziert hat.

7. 7
   verb

   To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.

   Now, the vast majority of us identify with the second group, the one that believes in trusting the wisdom of the people rather than taking power away from them and concentrating it in the other hands.

8. 8
   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.

   "The main message is that it's the interface between individuals and society that causes students who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual the most distress," said study first author Yue Zhao.

Etymology

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