identify

verb

1. To set off by or as if by a mark indicating ownership or manufacture: brand, label, mark, tag, trademark. See marks.
2. To establish the identification of: pinpoint, place, recognize. Slang finger. Idioms: put one's finger on. See knowledge/ignorance.
3. To represent as similar: analogize, assimilate, compare, equate, liken, match, parallel. See same/different/compare.
4. To come or bring together in one's mind or imagination: associate, bracket, connect, correlate, couple, link. See same/different/compare.
5. To associate or affiliate oneself closely with a person or group: empathize, relate, sympathize. See same/different/compare.

v

Definition: recognize; label
Antonyms: confuse, mistake

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IN BRIEF: To think of or treat as the same.

It's easy to identify people who can't count to ten. They're in front of you in the supermarket express lane. — M. Grundler.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - identificere, bestemme, genkende
v. intr. - identificere sig

idioms:

• identify oneself    identificere sig, legitimere sig
• identify with    identificere sig med

Nederlands (Dutch)
identificeren, vaststellen

Français (French)
v. tr. - identifier (comme étant, à), distinguer, identifier qn/qch à qn/qch
v. intr. - s'identifier à

idioms:

• identify oneself    donner son identité, s'identifier à/avec qn/qch
• identify with    s'identifier à

Deutsch (German)
v. - identifizieren, gleichsetzen

idioms:

• identify oneself    sich ausweisen
• identify with    sich identifizieren mit

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ταυτίζω/-ομαι, εξακριβώνω ή προσδιορίζω ταυτότητα, συνταυτίζω/-ομαι

idioms:

• identify oneself    υιοθετώ, ενστερνίζομαι (απόψεις, αρχές κ.λπ.)
• identify with    ταυτίζομαι με, εξισώνω με

Italiano (Italian)
identificare

idioms:

• identify oneself    identificarsi
• identify with    identificarsi con

Português (Portuguese)
v. - identificar

idioms:

• identify oneself    identificar-se
• identify with    identificar-se com

Русский (Russian)
отождествлять, устанавливать, опознавать, ощущать, замечать, совпадать

idioms:

• identify oneself    называть себя, предъявлять удостоверение личности
• identify with    отождествлять, солидаризоваться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - identificar, identificarse
v. intr. - identificar, identificarse con

idioms:

• identify oneself    identificarse, demostrar su identidad
• identify with    identificarse con

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - identifiera, uppfatta som identisk, fastställa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
识别, 鉴定, 认明, 认同, 感同身受, 一致

idioms:

• identify oneself    自报身分, 自称为...
• identify with    和...打成一片

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 識別, 鑒定, 認明
v. intr. - 認同, 感同身受, 一致

idioms:

• identify oneself    自報身分, 自稱為...
• identify with    和...打成一片

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 동일시하다, 확인하다
v. intr. - 일체가 되다

idioms:

• identify oneself    행동을 같이하다, 관계하다, 편이 되다
• identify with    하나로 간주하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 見分ける, 確認する, 同じものとみなす, 同一視する, 自分を同一視する, 共鳴する

idioms:

• identify oneself    身分を証明する
• identify with    共鳴する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعرف, يحدد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮זיהה, השווה‬
v. intr. - ‮חשב עצמו לדומה ל-‬

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