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- [ahy-den-tuh-fahy, ih-den-]
- /aɪˈdɛn təˌfaɪ, ɪˈdɛn-/
- /aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ahy-den-tuh-fahy, ih-den-]
- /aɪˈdɛn təˌfaɪ, ɪˈdɛn-/
Definitions of identify word
- verb with object identify to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check. 1
- verb with object identify to serve as a means of identification for: His gruff voice quickly identified him. 1
- verb with object identify to make, represent to be, or regard or treat as the same or identical: They identified Jones with the progress of the company. 1
- verb with object identify to associate in name, feeling, interest, action, etc. (usually followed by with): He preferred not to identify himself with that group. 1
- verb with object identify Biology. to determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs. 1
- verb with object identify Psychology. to associate (one or oneself) with another person or a group of persons by identification. 1
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Origin of identify
First appearance:
before 1635 One of the 43% oldest English words
1635-45; < Medieval Latin identificāre, equivalent to identi(tās) identity + -ficāre -fy
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Parts of speech for Identify
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
identify popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
identify usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for identify
verb identify
- diagnose — If someone or something is diagnosed as having a particular illness or problem, their illness or problem is identified. If an illness or problem is diagnosed, it is identified.
- pinpoint — the point of a pin.
- describe — If you describe a person, object, event, or situation, you say what they are like or what happened.
- spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- classify — To classify things means to divide them into groups or types so that things with similar characteristics are in the same group.
noun identify
- dactylogram — a fingerprint
- fingerprint — an impression of the markings of the inner surface of the last joint of the thumb or other finger.
Antonyms for identify
verb identify
- mistake — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
- lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
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