Meaning of identify | Babel Free

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1. To establish the identity of someone or something.
   transitive
2. identifikasie مُماثَلَه، مُطابَقَه، تَحَقُّق، إثْبات هَوِيَّه идентификация identificação identifikace die Identifizierung identifikation; identificering; genkendelse αναγνώριση, ταύτισηidentificación samastamine تعیین هویت tunnistus identificationזיהוי पहचान prepoznavanje személyazonosság megállapítása, identifikálás; azonosítás identifikasi það að bera kennsl á e-n; samsömun identificazione 身元確認 동일함의 확인 identifikavimas, atpažinimas, tapatumas identificēšana pengenalan identificatieidentifik...
3. To disclose the identity of someone.
   transitive
4. to feel in sympathy with (eg a character in a story). vereenselwig met يَتَماثَل مع، يُحِسُّ بِنَفْس الشُّعور отъждествявам се identificar-se com ztotožnit se s sich identifizieren mit identificere sig med ταυτίζομαι με identificarse con samastuma احساس همدردی کردن samastua identifier avec לְהִזדָהוֹת עִם जुड़ा़व महसूस करना suosjećati azonosul bersimpati samasama sig (öðrum) identificarsi con ～と一体感を持つ 공감하다 solidarizuotis, užjausti, suprasti solidarizēties ar bersimpati zich vereenzelvigen met...
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5. To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
   transitive
6. to be associated with or give one's full support or interest to (a political party etc). identifiseer jouself met, jou vereenselwig met يَتَماثَل مَعه في الرأي أو الشُّعور، يُؤَيِّد идентифицирам се с identificar-se com přijmout za své sich solidarisch erklären mit identificere sig med; solidarisere sig med ταυτίζομαι με, ασπάζομαι identificarse con solidariseeruma تداعی کردن؛ مشخص کردن tunnustautua s'identifier à לִהְיוֹת מְזוֹהֶה עִם किसी राजनीतिक पार्टी इत्यादि से जुड़ना svesti na isti poj...
   etc
7. To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
   transitive
8. To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
   reflexive
9. identificar; reconocer.
10. To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.
    intransitive
11. To establish or recognize the identity of; ascertain as a certain person or thing: Can you identify what kind of plane that is? I identified the man at the next table as a famous actor.
12. To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.
    reflexive
13. To consider as identical or united; equate: The Greek god Ares is identified with the Roman god Mars.
14. To associate or affiliate closely with: writers who are identified with modernism.
15. To consider oneself as sharing certain characteristics or attitudes as another: She identifies strongly with her grandmother.
16. To associate oneself with or admire something, such as a set of ideas: a language learner who identifies with a new culture.
17. To believe or assert that one belongs to a certain group or class: She identifies as a libertarian. He identifies as bisexual.

Equivalents

Examples

“It was hard to identify the shoplifter because the CCTV records didn't have a clear image.”

“The formal name of a national having domiciliary register shall be identified by the national identity card.”

“A provision of law may not be construed as requiring a new grant to be awarded to a specified non-Federal Government entity unless that provision of law (1) specifically refers to this subsection; specifically identifies the particular non-Federal Government entity involved; and (3) specifically states that the award to that entity is required by such provision of law in contravention of the policy set forth in subsection (a).”

“If you have normal insulins with a normal oral glucose tolerance identifying nondiabetes, does it mean that you were never diabetic...”

“The Associated Press will not identify the suspect of the crime because he is a juvenile.”

“A recent biological inventory uncovered 41 species and 2 subspecies of insects new to science and many species not before identified in the State of Washington.”

“Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people, and their rulers.”

“18 February, 1780, Edmund Burke, Speech on Economical Reform Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people.”

“Der Traum erhält eine neue Deutung, wenn sie im Traum nicht sich, sondern die Freundin meint, wenn sie sich an die Stelle der Freundin gesetzt oder, wie wir sagen können, sich mit ihr identifiziert hat.”

The dream is given a new interpretation if in her dream she means not herself but her friend, if she has put herself in the place of her friend, or, as we may say, she has identified herself with her.

“Cash endures because his most well-known songs—“I Walk the Line” and “Ring of Fire” among them—weave deeply personal narratives with which listeners of all stripes can effortlessly identify.”

“Now, the vast majority of us identify with the second group, the one that believes in trusting the wisdom of the people rather than taking power away from them and concentrating it in the other hands.”

“My lover and I are arguing about time. Specifically how much time I'm devoting to AIDS Action. […] I try not to take her accusations to heart. That is, until she says it. "You're more gay-identified than woman-identified."”

“"The main message is that it's the interface between individuals and society that causes students who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual the most distress," said study first author Yue Zhao.”

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