Dictionary entry details
• IDENTIFY (verb)
Meaning:
Recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
identify; place
Context example:
She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster
Hypernyms (to "identify" is one way to...):
determine; set (fix conclusively or authoritatively)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "identify"):
differentiate; distinguish; secern; secernate; separate; severalise; severalize; tell; tell apart (mark as different)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
identify; name
Context examples:
Many senators were named in connection with the scandal / The almanac identifies the auspicious months
Hypernyms (to "identify" is one way to...):
denote; refer (have as a meaning)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "identify"):
enumerate; itemise; itemize; recite (specify individually)
list; number (enumerate)
announce (give the names of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
He identified with the refugees
Hypernyms (to "identify" is one way to...):
consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Conceive of as united or associated
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus
Hypernyms (to "identify" is one way to...):
associate; colligate; connect; link; link up; relate; tie in (make a logical or causal connection)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something
Meaning:
Identify as in botany or biology, for example
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
key out; key; describe; distinguish; identify; name; discover
"Identify" entails doing...:
assort; class; classify; separate; sort; sort out (arrange or order by classes or categories)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Consider to be equal or the same
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
He identified his brother as one of the fugitives
Hypernyms (to "identify" is one way to...):
recognise; recognize (perceive to be the same)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "identify"):
misidentify; mistake (identify incorrectly)
type; typecast (identify as belonging to a certain type)
taste (distinguish flavors)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
