identify

identify
[[t]aɪde̱ntɪfaɪ[/t]]
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identifies, identifying, identified
1) VERB If you can identify someone or something, you are able to recognize them or distinguish them from others.

[V n] There are a number of distinguishing characteristics by which you can identify a Hollywood epic...

[V n] I tried to identify her perfume...

[V n] A uniformed chauffeur identified me among the crowd.

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2) VERB If you identify someone or something, you name them or say who or what they are.

[V n] Police have already identified around 10 murder suspects...

[V n as n/-ing] The reporters identified one of the six Americans as an Army Specialist...

[V n as n/-ing] They identified six plants as having potential for development into pharmaceutical drugs.

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3) VERB If you identify something, you discover or notice its existence.

[V n] Scientists claim to have identified chemicals produced by certain plants which have powerful cancer-combating properties...

[V n] Having identified the problem, the question arises of how to overcome it.

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4) VERB If a particular thing identifies someone or something, it makes them easy to recognize, by making them different in some way.

[V n] She wore a little nurse's hat on her head to identify her...

[V n as -ing/n] His boots and purple beret identify him as commanding the Scottish Paratroops.

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5) VERB If you identify with someone or something, you feel that you understand them or their feelings and ideas.

[V with n] She would only play a role if she could identify with the character...

[V with n] I could speak their language and identify with their problems because I had been there myself.

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6) VERB If you identify one person or thing with another, you think that they are closely associated or involved in some way.

[V n with n] Moore really hates to play the sweet, passive women that audiences have identified her with...

[V pron-refl with n] The mood in Japan is changing, and candidates want to identify themselves with reform.

Syn:
associate, equate

English dictionary. 2008.

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