Etimology
From French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faciō.
verb
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.
(transitive) To disclose the identity of someone.
(transitive, biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
(transitive) To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
(reflexive) To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
(intransitive) To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.
(reflexive, with as) To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.
Examples
It was hard to identify the shoplifter because the CCTV records didn't have a clear image.
The formal name of a national having domiciliary register shall be identified by the national identity card.
The Associated Press will not identify the suspect of the crime because he is a juvenile.
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.
Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people, and their rulers.
Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people.
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.The dream is given a new interpretation if in her dream she means not herself but her friend, if she has put herself in the place of her friend, or, as we may say, she has identified herself with her.
The dream is given a new interpretation if in her dream she means not herself but her friend, if she has put herself in the place of her friend, or, as we may say, she has identified herself with her.
Cash endures because his most well-known songs—“I Walk the Line” and “Ring of Fire” among them—weave deeply personal narratives with which listeners of all stripes can effortlessly identify.
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.
"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.
Related words
synonyms
ID
coordinate terms
authenticate (coordinate in IP networking sense)
related terms
identic
identical
identification
identity