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identifiers
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i·den·ti·fy
/
aɪˈdɛn
təˌfaɪ
,
ɪˈdɛn-
/
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ahy-
den
-t
uh
-fahy
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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 followed by
with
):
He preferred not to identify himself with that group.
5.
Biology
.
to determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs.
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6.
Psychology
.
to associate (one or oneself) with another person or a group of persons by
identification
.
COLLAPSE
verb (used without object)
7.
to experience psychological
identification
:
The audience identified with the play's characters.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Origin:
1635–45;
<
Medieval Latin
identificāre,
equivalent to
identi
(
tās
)
identity
+
-ficāre
-fy
Related forms
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
o·ver·i·den·ti·fy,
verb,
-fied,
-fy·ing.
pre·i·den·ti·fy,
verb (used with object),
-fied,
-fy·ing.
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re·i·den·ti·fy,
verb (used with object),
-fied,
-fy·ing.
un·i·den·ti·fi·a·ble,
adjective
un·i·den·ti·fi·a·b·ly,
adverb
un·i·den·ti·fied,
adjective
un·i·den·ti·fy·ing,
adjective
well-i·den·ti·fied,
adjective
COLLAPSE
Synonyms
1.
distinguish, place, know, determine.
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Word Origin & History
identify
1644, "regard as the same," from Fr. identifier, from identité (see
identity
). Sense of "recognize" first recorded 1769. I.D. (pronounced as separate letters), short for identification, is attested from 1955.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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