Dictionary Entry
identify
identify is a 8-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 15 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation.
- 2transitive verb
To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.
- 3intransitive verb
To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.
- 4verb
consider to be equal or the same
"He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
- 5verb
recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
"She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"
Synonyms
- 6verb
identify as in botany or biology, for example
- 7verb
consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else
"He identified with the refugees"
- 8verb
conceive of as united or associated
"Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"
- 9verb
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"
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