identify

Verb
  1. Recognize as being;
    Establish the identity of someone or something (synset 200620568)
    "She identified the man on the `wanted' poster"
    is a type of: determine, set - fix conclusively or authoritatively
    subtypes: differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart - mark as different
    same as: place
  2. Give the name or identifying characteristics of;
    Refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property (synset 201028104)
    "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
    is a type of: denote, refer - have as a meaning
    subtypes:
    same as: name
  3. Consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else (synset 200693710)
    "He identified with the refugees"
    is a type of: consider, reckon, regard, see, view - deem to be
  4. Conceive of as united or associated (synset 200716436)
    "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"
    is a type of: associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in - make a logical or causal connection
  5. Identify as in botany or biology, for example (synset 200654017)
    entail: assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out - arrange or order by classes or categories
    same as: describe, discover, distinguish, key, key out, name
  6. Consider to be equal or the same (synset 200620141)
    "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
    is a type of: recognise, recognize - perceive to be the same
    subtypes:

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