English verb: identify | |||
1. | identify (cognition) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something | ||
Samples | She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster. | ||
Synonyms | place | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | determine, set | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart | ||
2. | identify (communication) give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property | ||
Samples | Many senators were named in connection with the scandal. The almanac identifies the auspicious months. | ||
Synonyms | name | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | denote, refer | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | announce, enumerate, itemise, itemize, list, number, recite | ||
3. | identify (cognition) consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else | ||
Samples | He identified with the refugees. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody with something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | consider, reckon, regard, see, view | ||
4. | identify (cognition) conceive of as united or associated | ||
Samples | Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody with something. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in | ||
5. | identify (cognition) identify as in botany or biology, for example | ||
Synonyms | describe, discover, distinguish, key, key out, name | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Entail | assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out | ||
6. | identify (cognition) consider to be equal or the same | ||
Samples | He identified his brother as one of the fugitives. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | recognise, recognize | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | misidentify, mistake, taste, type, typecast | ||