IDENTIFY

Definition:

1. [verb] recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"
   Synonyms: place
   
   
2. [verb] give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
   Synonyms: name
   
   
3. [verb] consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He identified with the refugees"
   
   
4. [verb] conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"
   
   
5. [verb] identify as in botany or biology, for example
   Synonyms: discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
   
   
6. [verb] consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
   
   

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Related Words:

• distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
• enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise
• number, list
• announce
• mistake, misidentify
• type, typecast
• taste