identify

Verbs

  • (v) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
    • She identified the man on the 'wanted" poster
    place,
  • (v) 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
    name,
  • (v) consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else
    • He identified with the refugees
  • (v) conceive of as united or associated
    • Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus
  • (v) identify as in botany or biology, for example key, key out, describe, distinguish, name, discover,
  • (v) consider to be equal or the same
    • He identified his brother as one of the fugitives

Synonyms

place name key key out describe distinguish discover

Words of close approximity

identity