identify.
To establish the identity of someone or something.
Meaning & usage
To establish the identity of someone or something.
It was hard to identify the shoplifter because the CCTV records didn't have a clear image.
To disclose the identity of someone.
The Associated Press will not identify the suspect of the crime because he is a juvenile.
To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.
To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.
Where this word comes from
From French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faciō.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.