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Verb identify has 6 senses
- identify, place - recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"
--1 is one way to determine, set
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- name, identify - give the name or identifying characteristics of; 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"
--2 is one way to denote, refer
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- identify - consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He identified with the refugees"
--3 is one way to see, consider, reckon, view, regard
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s PP
- identify - conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"
--4 is one way to associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something
- identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name - identify as in botany or biology, for example
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- identify - consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
--6 is one way to recognize, recognise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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