i·den·ti·fy 
Audio Help /aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ, ɪˈdɛn-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ahy-den-tuh-fahy, i-den-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation 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]
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.
to feel in sympathy with (
eg a character in a story)
| Arabic: | يَتَماثَل مع، يُحِسُّ بِنَفْس الشُّعور |
| Chinese (Simplified): | 同情 |
| Chinese (Traditional): | 同情 |
| Czech: | ztotožnit se s |
| Danish: | identificere sig med |
| Dutch: | zich vereenzelvigen met |
| Estonian: | samastuma |
| Finnish: | samastua |
| French: | (s')identifier avec |
| German: | sich identifizieren mit |
| Greek: | ταυτίζομαι με |
| Hungarian: | azonosul |
| Icelandic: | samasama sig (öðrum) |
| Indonesian: | bersimpati |
| Italian: | identificarsi con* |
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| Japanese: | ～と一体感を持つ |
| Latvian: | solidarizēties ar |
| Lithuanian: | solidarizuotis, užjausti, suprasti |
| Norwegian: | kjenne seg igjen i, identifisere seg med |
| Polish: | utożsamiać się |
| Portuguese (Brazil): | identificar-se com |
| Portuguese (Portugal): | identificar-se com |
| Romanian: | a se identifica cu |
| Russian: | отождествлять с |
| Slovak: | stotožniť sa s |
| Slovenian: | istovetiti (se) z |
| Spanish: | identificarse con |
| Swedish: | identifiera sig med |
| Turkish: | kendini başka birisinin yerine koymak |
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