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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024i•den•ti•fi•a•ble /aɪˌdɛntɪˈfaɪəbl/USA pronunciation adj. - that can be used to identify someone:an identifiable birthmark on her forearm.
that can be named. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024i•den•ti•fy /aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ, ɪˈdɛn-/USA pronunciation v., -fied, -fy•ing. - to prove or verify the identity of:[~ + object]Can you identify the body?
- to serve as a means of identification for:[~ + object]Her birthmark identifies her.
- to associate or connect closely:[~ + object + with + object]The voters identified the vice-president with the old regime.
- Psychologyto associate (one or oneself ) with another person or a group by identification: [~ + oneself + with + object]The audience identified itself with the main character.[~ + with + object]The audience could identify with the main character.
- Biology[ ~ + obj] to notice the importance of (some facts):The paper identifies three important factors in economic depressions.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024i•den•ti•fy (ī den′tə fī′, i den′-),USA pronunciation v., -fied, -fy•ing. v.t. - to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing;
verify the identity of:to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check. - to serve as a means of identification for:His gruff voice quickly identified him.
- to make, represent to be, or regard or treat as the same or identical:They identified Jones with the progress of the company.
- to associate in name, feeling, interest, action, etc. (usually fol. by with):He preferred not to identify himself with that group.
- Biologyto determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs.
- Psychologyto associate (one or oneself ) with another person or a group of persons by identification.
v.i. - Psychologyto experience psychological identification:The audience identified with the play's characters.
- Medieval Latin identificāre, equivalent. to identi(tās) identity + -ficāre -fy
- 1635–45
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged distinguish, place, know, determine.
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