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• “establish the identity of someone or something“
• “She identified the man on the `wanted’ poster“

Synonyms

• place put into a certain place or abstract location; place somebody in a particular situation or location; assign a rank or rating to; assign a location to; to arrange for; take a place in a competition; intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; recognize as being; assign to (a job or a home) ; locate; estimate; identify the location or place of; make an investment; assign to a station ; finish second or better in a horse or dog race; sing a note with the correct pitch ; a point located with respect to surface features of some region; any area set aside for a particular purpose; an abstract mental location; a general vicinity; the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; a particular situation; where you live at a particular time; a job in an organization; the particular portion of space occupied by something; proper or designated social situation; a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); the passage that is being read; proper or appropriate position or location; a public square with room for pedestrians; an item on a list or in a sequence; a blank area

• “refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property“
• “Many senators were named in connection with the scandal“
• “The almanac identifies the auspicious months“

Synonyms

• name a language unit by which a person or thing is known; a person’s reputation; family based on male descent; a well-known or notable person; by the sanction or authority of; a defamatory or abusive word or phrase ; assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; give the name or identifying characteristics of; charge with a function; create and charge with a task or function; mention and identify by name; make reference to; identify as in botany or biology, for example ; give or make a list of; determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis

• “He identified with the refugees“

• “Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus“

Synonyms

• discover discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; make a discovery, make a new finding; make a discovery; find unexpectedly; make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; see for the first time; identify as in botany or biology, for example
• key serving as an essential component; identify as in botany or biology, for example ; provide with a key; vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key; regulate the musical pitch of ; harmonize with or adjust to; metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock’s mechanism can be rotated ; something crucial for explaining; pitch of the voice; any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music ; a kilogram of a narcotic drug; a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple ; United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida ; (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; a list of answers to a test; a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations ; a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access; mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock) ; the central building block at the top of an arch or vault ; a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
• key out identify as in botany or biology, for example
• distinguish mark as different; detect with the senses; be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; make conspicuous or noteworthy ; identify as in botany or biology, for example
• describe give a description of; to give an account or representation of in words; make a mark or lines on a surface; identify as in botany or biology, for example
• name a language unit by which a person or thing is known; a person’s reputation; family based on male descent; a well-known or notable person; by the sanction or authority of; a defamatory or abusive word or phrase ; assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; give the name or identifying characteristics of; charge with a function; create and charge with a task or function; mention and identify by name; make reference to; identify as in botany or biology, for example ; give or make a list of; determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis

• “He identified his brother as one of the fugitives“