identify

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
  2. (transitive) To disclose the identity of someone.
  3. (transitive) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
  4. (transitive) To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
  5. (reflexive) To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
  6. (intransitive) To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.
  7. (reflexive) To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.

Synonyms

recognize
B1
recognise
B2
name
A1
know
A1
distinguish
C2
identification
C1
locate
C1
equate
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mention
B1
spot
A2
describe
B2
place
A1
discriminate
25k
key
A2
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point out
discover
B2
determine
B2

give a name to

investigate
B2

key out

diagnoze

express
B2
finger
B1
identifying
C2
examine
C1
detect
C1

give the name

get wind of
hold
A1
identity
B2
indicate
C1
inspect
C2
introduce
B1
label
C1
🏷️
liken
log in
make
A1
mark
A2
marker
C1
organize
C1
peg
C1
perceive
C2
pinpoint
C2
position
A2
present
A2
procure
24k
prove
A2
provoke
C1

put one’s finger on

read
A1
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Translations

identifier
identificare
identificar
identificar
identificeren
identificar
identifizieren

αναγνωρίζω

vereenzelvigen
riconoscere
menzionare

identificar

gleichsetzen
situer

s’identifier à

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aɪˈdɛn.(t)ə.faɪ/
Etymology

From French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faciō.

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