Definitions for identifies

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identifies i·den·ti·fy

Spelling: [ahy-den-tuh-fahy, ih-den-]

IPA: /aɪˈdɛn təˌfaɪ, ɪˈdɛn-/

Identifies is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 273 anagrams from letters in identifies (deefiiinst).

Definitions for identifies

verb (used with object)

1. to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of:
2. to serve as a means of identification for:
3. to make, represent to be, or regard or treat as the same or identical:
4. to associate in name, feeling, interest, action, etc. (usually followed by with):
5. Biology. to determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs.
6. Psychology. to associate (one or oneself) with another person or a group of persons by identification.

verb (used without object)

1. to associate oneself in feeling, interest, action, etc., with a specified group or belief system (usually followed by as or with):
2. to experience psychological identification:

Origin of identifies

1635-45; Medieval Latin identificāre, equivalent to identi(tās) identity + -ficāre -fy

Examples for identifies

Man sees the unexpected once and identifies it as hallucination.

He identifies as “brusque” like other New York City residents.

At first she (like Janet) identifies sandwiches with biscuits.

He identifies God's will with his wisdom, and God's wisdom with right action.

He identifies as transgender on Scruff but not always on Grindr.

To what extent she now identifies objects by their odour is hard to determine.

That goes without saying, as no one woman could aptly represent everyone who identifies within that category.

Hitchcock identifies the good stuff quickly, and his own ideas are almost always right.

She told a story of a fellow employee who identifies as a butch dyke (a lesbian who takes on a more masculine identity).

A French legend, on the other hand, identifies 'the man' with Judas Iscariot.