1. identify - verb
· recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the `wanted' poster"
Synonym(s): place
2. identify - verb
· give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
Synonym(s): name
3. identify - verb
· consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He identified with the refugees"
Hypernym(s): see, consider, reckon, view, regard
4. identify - verb
· conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"
Hypernym(s): associate, tie_in, relate, link, colligate, link_up, connect
5. identify - verb
· identify as in botany or biology, for example
Synonym(s): discover, key, key_out, distinguish, describe, name
6. identify - verb
· consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
Hypernym(s): recognize, recognise
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