Definition of identifies in English

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identifies, verb, present, 3rd person singular of identify (infinitive).

WordNet

Verb identifies, identifying, identified
identify - recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"
		place
		determine, set fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules"
		secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell apart, distinguish, differentiate, tell, separate distinguish or separate
identify - identify as in botany or biology, for example
		discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
		class, assort, sort, classify, sort out, separate arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
identify - consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
		recognise, recognize perceive to be the same
		misidentify, mistake identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister"
		type, typecast identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed"
		taste experience briefly; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"
identify - consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He identified with the refugees"
		regard, view, reckon, consider, see look at attentively
identify - conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"
		colligate, tie in, associate, link up, link, relate, connect be in connection with something relevant; "This ties in closely with his earlier remarks"
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"
		name
		denote, refer have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "
		enumerate, itemise, itemize, recite specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"
		list, number give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi"
		announce announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"

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Wiktionary

identify (Verb)
To establish the identity of someone or something.
identify (Verb)
To equate two or more things.
identify (Verb)
To associate oneself with some group.
identify (Verb)
To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.
identify (Verb)
To map a number of points to one.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

identify (v. t.)
To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation.
identify (v. t.)
To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.
identify (v. i.)
To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

identify
To establish the identity of someone or something.
identify
To consider two or more things to be equal or the same; to equate two or more things.
identify
To identify as in botany or biology, for example.
identify
To consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else.
identify
To give the name or identifying characteristics of; to refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

identify
ī-den′ti-fī, v.t. to make to be the same: to ascertain or prove to be the same:—pa.p. iden′tified.—adj. Iden′tifiable.—n. Identificā′tion.—Identify one's self with, to take an active part in the promotion of. [Fr. identifier—L., as if identicus—idem, the same, facĕre, to make.]