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identify English

Meaning identify meaning

What does identify mean?
Definitions in simple English

identify Verb

— If you identify something, you say what it is. I showed him the picture and he identified the man as his brother. The management has identified the key areas of concern. The study identified three options. — If mathx/math identifies mathy/math, mathx/math makes it easy to know what mathy/math is. — If you identify with someone else, you understand and share their feelings. — If mathx/math is identified with mathy/math, it is closely connected to it.

identify

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

Synonyms identify synonyms

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identify English » English

recognize recognise name know distinguish identification spot place mention locate key equate discriminate describe point out key out investigate identifying give the name give a name to finger express examine discover diagnoze determine detect verify typify token tell apart tell symbolize survey stage specify sort situate show the identity set sense recognition read out read put one’s finger on provoke prove to be prove procure present

Topics identify topics

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Recognize
Grammar Name

Name of a person

  • What words refer to discovering or stating the name of someone whose name has not been known?
    name identify

Conjugation identify conjugation

How do you conjugate identify?

identify · verb

Examples identify examples

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Simple sentences

Can you identify the man in this picture?
I don't want to identify myself with that group.
You can easily identify him because he is very tall.
Planets are easy to identify because they don't twinkle like stars do.
The police thought the victim was Tom, but they were unable to identify the body.
Can you identify the man using this picture?
I can't identify it.
Chemical symbols are used to identify chemical elements.
Identify yourselves!
Can you identify the cause of the problem?
Science is trying to identify the strange animal.
Constellations can be a useful way to help identify positions of stars in the sky.
Can you identify the animals in the pictures?
You can identify children's voices without any problem.
They were able to identify him by his wrist watch.
Can you identify which coat is yours?
Identify yourself.
Identify Tom.
Please identify yourselves.
Can you identify this?
I was asked to identify the body.
Honestly, why does everyone need to self-identify and self-label themselves? It's downright ludicrous.
Can you identify the problem areas?

Movie subtitles

Well, if you don't, you need to join me for my week long marathon where I'm gonna teach you how to identify the symptoms, such as shortness of breath. heart palpitations, the urge to self-medicate with drugs and booze.
It might help identify Jane Doe.
They'll need to fly out to formally identify her.
We're dealing with a tiny fraction of the human face to identify our culprit.
Were you able to identify the weapon that was used?
We find the victim, we identify him, then we find out when he was last seen.
Look, can they identify that as yours?
They want me to go down and identify him.
To identify the prisoner formally. - Will you come to the police station?
This may seem harsh but when a mob takes it upon itself to identify, try, condemn and punish it is a destroyer of a government that patriots died to establish and defend.
Can you identify any or all of these defendants as having been in the mob that stormed your jail and burned it thereby burning your prisoner to death?
I can't identify them.
The state's own witnesses have not been able to identify these defendants as having even been at the scene of the crime alleged in the indictment.
And of the many thousands that comprise these mobs only 765 were ever even brought to trial because their supposedly civilized communities have refused to identify them for trial.
We've spotted a moving object, and we're giving chase, but we're still not able to identify it.
Something to identify himself with.
We identify her by stop action of the same shot.
It's awfully nice of you not to identify me. I was sure you're the other man involved.
Lady Dearden will identify this fellow as the blackmailer.
Says he can identify the fellow who was at the safe when he climbed in the window.
Identify killer!
Unless my good friend wants to identify the boy who threw the rock.
Would you come and identify your property, Mr Murphy?
Extra! Identify killer!
Now, lady, do you definitely refuse to come and identify this girl?
I can identify this gentleman.
Maxim went up to identify her.
They'll identify her body, then they'll remember the other woman. The other woman buried in the crypt.
Come closer to identify the ring.
Craig, the man at the tavern couldn't identify me. Not unless you told him it was me, could he?
They've got witnesses can identify the man we want from that picture.
What do you mean, identify him?

News and current affairs

As Ambassador to the United States and the UN, and later as Foreign Minister, he represented an Israel with which the world's liberal imagination could identify.
He was then told to identify himself.
Nonetheless, it may be possible to identify behaviors like cyber crime that are illegal in many domestic jurisdictions.
The idea is to use global networks of knowledge and action to identify and demonstrate new, cutting-edge approaches to sustainable development around the world.
To do so, Americans must identify and address the great challenges the United States faces, starting from the ground up.
Following this, they will identify which problems might be solved if this new science is developed.
The core idea is that Israelis and Palestinians would be citizens of two separate states and thus would identify with two separate political authorities.
Neutral foreign observers should be asked to be deployed in major hot spots and be asked to identify anyone on either side who violates any of the agreement's clauses.
To identify, prevent, and counteract the causes and consequences of work-related stress, we need to monitor job content, working conditions, terms of employment, social relations at work, health, well-being and productivity.
The first step is to identify the incidence, prevalence, severity, and trends of work-related stress and its causes and health consequences.
Their message to the rulers is that it will no longer suffice to identify being Saudi exclusively with being Wahhabi Najdi.
This required the use of torture to identify and locate the leaders, followed by their capture or assassination.
My think tank, the Copenhagen Consensus, is working with more than 60 top economists and several Nobel laureates to identify which targets promise the highest return on investment.
Successful leaders are careful to identify their company's blind spots and introduce mechanisms to ensure that no harm will come from them.
And, where it is clear that immigrants will be needed, we must be able to identify, welcome, integrate, and protect them.
Despite being illegal, ultrasound sex-determination tests are being used across India to identify for abortion extraordinary numbers of healthy female fetuses.
Given humanity's common interest in new energy sources, it seems that the world's brightest scientific minds should collaborate to identify them.
Japan's government in particular needs to identify a coherent Asia strategy and stick to it, instead of leaning towards China one minute, and America the next.
To avoid these outcomes, Russia and Europe must identify where their interests converge, and work to establish a mutually beneficial partnership in those areas.
Asset bubbles are hard to identify with certainty.
Charisma proves surprisingly hard to identify in advance.
For anyone who wants to engage in global trade, it is thus vital to identify what China wants.
To be sure, if a cyber attack is camouflaged, it is not easy to identify the country from which it originated.

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