To establish or recognize the identity of; ascertain as a certain person or thing: Can you identify what kind of plane that is? I identified the man at the next table as a famous actor.
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to associate in name, feeling, interest, action, etc. (usually fol. by with): He preferred not to identify himself with that group. Biology to determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs.
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identify (third-person singular simple present identifies, present participle identifying, simple past and past participle identified) (transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something. quotations It was hard to identify the shoplifter because the CCTV records didn't have a clear image.
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Verb: identify I'den-ti,fI Recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something "She identified the man on the ‘wanted’ poster "; - place, finger [informal] Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property "The almanac identifies the auspicious months "; - name
