identify
identify Lexical Profile
identify Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To establish or indicate who or what someone or something is.
"The biologist was able to identify the rare orchid species from a single photograph."
To associate someone or something closely with another person, group, or concept; to regard as having strong shared characteristics.
"Historians often identify the ruler's reign with a golden age of cultural and scientific progress."
To feel a strong sense of empathy, understanding, or shared identity with someone (usually followed by 'with').
"Many readers deeply identify with the protagonist's struggle to find her place in a new city."
• Rhymes for identify
• Nearby Words
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-17th century from French identifier or Medieval Latin identificare, derived from Late Latin identitas ('sameness'), ultimately from Latin idem ('the same').
Usage Trend
Historical frequency of usage in published text.