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identify
/aɪˈdɛn.(t)ə.faɪ/
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What does identify mean?
verb
- To establish the identity of someone or something.
- To disclose the identity of someone.
- To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
More meanings (4)
verb
- To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
- To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
- To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.
- To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.
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IPA pronunciation
/aɪˈdɛn.(t)ə.faɪ/
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“Well, if you’ll believe me, I had the brutality to go to see her. I wanted to identify her. Couldn’t wait.”
The German gunner had no need to know the content of his gas shell so long as he could identify the cross.
More book examples (3)
To identify one's self with a winning cause, party, or leader, also, is infinitely easier than to be loyal to a loser.
I had thought of forcing the blade in some minute crevice of the masonry, so as to identify my point of departure.
But cautious scholars conclude that the “figure is not of sufficient distinctness to identify the original that was before the artist’s mind.”