verb (identifies, identifying, identified, identified)
1 (also informal ID) [VN] ~ sb/sth (as sb/sth) to recognize sb/sth and be able to say who or what they are:
The bodies were identified as those of two suspected drug dealers. * She was able to identify her attacker. * Passengers were asked to identify their own suitcases before they were put on the plane. * Many of those arrested refused to identify themselves (= would not say who they were). * First of all we must identify the problem areas.
2 to find or discover sb/sth:
[VN] Scientists have identified a link between diet and cancer. * As yet they have not identified a buyer for the company. * [Vwh-] They are trying to identify what is wrong with the present system.
3 [VN] ~ sb/sth (as sb/sth) to make it possible to recognize who or what sb/sth is:
In many cases, the clothes people wear identify them as belonging to a particular social class.
PHRASALVERBS
identify with sb to feel that you can understand and share the feelings of sb else:
I didn't enjoy the book because I couldn't identify with any of the main characters.
identify sb with sth to consider sb to be sth:
He was not the 'tough guy' the public identified him with.
identify sth with sth to consider sth to be the same as sth else
SYNEQUATE:
You should not identify wealth with happiness.
be identified with sb/sth
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for identify is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does identify appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — identify appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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