Definitions for identify

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identify i·den·ti·fy

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

IPA: /aɪˈdɛn təˌfaɪ, ɪˈdɛn-/

Identify is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 153 anagrams from letters in identify (defiinty).

Definitions for identify

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 identify

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

Examples for identify

Its manner of growth and its delicate shape of white will serve to identify it.

He loves the fact that, like on Grindr, users can identify as transgender.

Why not take Farrell down to Brookfield to identify Mortimer.

This is one of our most abundant mushrooms, and the easiest for the beginner to identify.

Certainly my instinct is to identify with the police, no matter the circumstance.

It did not need Mali-ya-bwana's whispered "faru" (rhinoceros) to identify the mound.

We have thousands of users who identify themselves as transgendered and they are welcome members of the Grindr community.

The idea was to identify what they are and apply them to different snacks, beverages, and foods.

The others are difficult to identify, since they reacted with other oxygen-bearing molecules in the soil.

It does not require a professional beggar or a licensed guide to identify him.