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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.
EXPANDBiology. to determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs.
6.
COLLAPSEPsychology. 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.
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Identifying
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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, o·ver·i·den·ti·fied, o·ver·i·den·ti·fy·ing.
pre·i·den·ti·fy, verb (used with object), pre·i·den·ti·fied, pre·i·den·ti·fy·ing.
EXPANDre·i·den·ti·fy, verb (used with object), re·i·den·ti·fied, re·i·den·ti·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
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. distinguish, place, know, determine.
1. distinguish, place, know, determine.
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