"identify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /aɪˈdɛn.(t)ə.faɪ/ [US], /aɪˈdɛn.(t)ɪ.faɪ/ [US], /aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪ/ [UK] Audio: en-us-identify.ogg [US] Forms: identifies [present, singular, third-person], identifying [participle, present], identified [participle, past], identified [past]
Etymology: From French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faciō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|identifier}} French identifier, {{der|en|ML.|identicus|identicus}} Medieval Latin identicus, {{der|en|la|faciō}} Latin faciō Head templates: {{en-verb}} identify (third-person singular simple present identifies, present participle identifying, simple past and past participle identified)
  1. (transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something. Tags: transitive Translations (to establish the identity of someone or something): identifiseer (Afrikaans), նույնականացնել (nuynakanacʿnel) (Armenian), апазнава́ць (apaznavácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), апазна́ць (apaznácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), ідэнтыфікава́ць (identyfikavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), идентифицирам (identificiram) (Bulgarian), identificar (Catalan), 辨認 (Chinese Mandarin), 辨认 (biànrèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 識別 (Chinese Mandarin), 识别 (shíbié) (Chinese Mandarin), identifikovat (Czech), identificeren (Dutch), identigi (Esperanto), tunnistaa (Finnish), identifioida (Finnish), tunnistautua (english: identify oneself; reflexive) (Finnish), identifier (French), identifizieren (German), idantifye (Haitian Creole), azonosít (Hungarian), felismer (Hungarian), ráismer (Hungarian), beazonosít (Hungarian), mengidentifikasi (Indonesian), identificare (Italian), individuare (Italian), 識別する (shikibetsu suru) (alt: しきべつする) (Japanese), 분별하다 (bunbyeolhada) (Korean), 식별하다 (sikbyeolhada) (Korean), препознава (prepoznava) (Macedonian), идентификува (identifikuva) (Macedonian), tautuhi (Maori), tāutu (Maori), identifisere (Norwegian Bokmål), identifisere (Norwegian Nynorsk), identificar (Occitan), identifiché (Piedmontese), identyfikować (Polish), identificar (Portuguese), идентифици́ровать (idɛntificírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), отождествля́ть (otoždestvljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отождестви́ть (otoždestvítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), опознава́ть (opoznavátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), опозна́ть (opoznátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), comharraich (Scottish Gaelic), поистоветити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), poistovetiti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), identificar (Spanish), identifiera (Swedish), ідентифікувати (identyfikuvaty) (Ukrainian), ототожнювати (ototožnjuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-identify-en-verb-czkKXf2K Disambiguation of 'to establish the identity of someone or something': 75 8 13 1 1 0 2
  2. (transitive) To disclose the identity of someone. Tags: transitive Translations (to disclose the identity of someone): identifiseer (Afrikaans), felfed (Hungarian), megnevez (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-identify-en-verb-RsDl~f~1 Disambiguation of 'to disclose the identity of someone': 8 86 1 1 1 1 3
  3. (transitive, biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Biology Translations (biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism): identifiseer (Afrikaans), идентифицирам (identificiram) (Bulgarian), identificar (Catalan), determineren (Dutch), identificeren (Dutch), tunnistaa (Finnish), identifioida (Finnish), samastaa (Finnish), samaistaa (Finnish), gleichsetzen (German), meghatároz (Hungarian), azonosít (Hungarian), azonosnak/egynek tekint (Hungarian), 동정(同定)하다 (dongjeonghada) (Korean), поистоветува (poistovetuva) (Macedonian), изедначува (izednačuva) (Macedonian), identificar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-identify-en-verb-6NwFX2xA Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism': 12 1 75 5 3 3 2
  4. (transitive) To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-identify-en-verb-OlSuCoum Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 14 45 11 21 6
  5. (reflexive) To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to. Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-identify-en-verb-1KpxdvuA
  6. (intransitive) To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way. Tags: intransitive Translations (to associate oneself with some group): identifiseer met (Afrikaans), отъждествявам се (otǎždestvjavam se) (Bulgarian), identificar-se (Catalan), samastua (Finnish), samaistua (Finnish), s’identifier à (French), azonosul (Hungarian), identifisere seg (Norwegian Bokmål), identifisere seg (Norwegian Nynorsk), identificar-se (Portuguese), отождествля́ться (otoždestvljátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), отождестви́ться (otoždestvítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), идентифици́роваться (idɛntificírovatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), pf (Russian), солидаризи́роваться (solidarizírovatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), identificarse (Spanish), identifiera sig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-identify-en-verb-2g-VPy0m Disambiguation of 'to associate oneself with some group': 0 1 3 4 4 82 6
  7. (reflexive, with as) To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself. Tags: reflexive Translations ((with as) to claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself): vallja magát (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-identify-en-verb-tUCjfvT- Disambiguation of '(with as) to claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself': 2 2 2 2 2 4 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ID, clock [regional], identify, ken [Scottish], to make someone, notice, recognize, twig [regional] Hyponyms: classify, denominate, know someone from Adam, know from a bar of soap, know someone from a can of paint Derived forms: identifier, identifyee, identify with, self-identify Related terms: identic, identical, identification, identity, associate Coordinate_terms: authenticate (english: coordinate in IP networking sense)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "It was hard to identify the shoplifter because the CCTV records didn't have a clear image.",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "1953, Enforcement Regulations of the Name Act",
          "text": "The formal name of a national having domiciliary register shall be identified by the national identity card.",
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        "(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something."
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          "word": "identifiseer"
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          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
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          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
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          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
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        },
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          "roman": "apaznácʹ",
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        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "identyfikavácʹ",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "tags": [
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "ідэнтыфікава́ць"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "identificiram",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "идентифицирам"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "identificar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "辨認"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "biànrèn",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "辨认"
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        {
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "識別"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shíbié",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "识别"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "identifikovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "identificeren"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "tunnistaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "identifioida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "identify oneself; reflexive",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "tunnistautua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "identifier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "identifizieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "idantifye"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "azonosít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "felismer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "ráismer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "beazonosít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "mengidentifikasi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "identificare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "individuare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "alt": "しきべつする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shikibetsu suru",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "識別する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bunbyeolhada",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "분별하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sikbyeolhada",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "식별하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prepoznava",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "препознава"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "identifikuva",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "идентификува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "tautuhi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "tāutu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "identifisere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "identifisere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "identificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "pms",
          "lang": "Piedmontese",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "identifiché"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "identyfikować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "identificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "idɛntificírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "идентифици́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otoždestvljátʹ",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "отождествля́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otoždestvítʹ",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "отождестви́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opoznavátʹ",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "опознава́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opoznátʹ",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "опозна́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "comharraich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "поистоветити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "poistovetiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "identificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "identifiera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "identyfikuvaty",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "ідентифікувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 8 13 1 1 0 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ototožnjuvaty",
          "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
          "word": "ототожнювати"
        }
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    },
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        "(transitive, biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1809, David Ramsay, History of South Carolina, volume II, page 80",
          "text": "Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people, and their rulers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "18 February, 1780, Edmund Burke, Speech on Economical Reform\nLet us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "equate",
          "equate"
        ],
        [
          "unite",
          "unite"
        ],
        [
          "combine",
          "combine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English reflexive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999 [1899], Sigmund Freud, translated by Joyce Crick, Die Traumdeutung [The Interpretation of Dreams], Oxford, published 2008, page 117",
          "text": "Der Traum erhält eine neue Deutung, wenn sie im Traum nicht sich, sondern die Freundin meint, wenn sie sich an die Stelle der Freundin gesetzt oder, wie wir sagen können, sich mit ihr identifiziert hat.\nThe dream is given a new interpretation if in her dream she means not herself but her friend, if she has put herself in the place of her friend, or, as we may say, she has identified herself with her.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Christoper Zara, chapter 1, in Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, page 29",
          "text": "Cash endures because his most well-known songs—“I Walk the Line” and “Ring of Fire” among them—weave deeply personal narratives with which listeners of all stripes can effortlessly identify.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "affinity",
          "affinity"
        ],
        [
          "with",
          "with#English"
        ],
        [
          "feel",
          "feel"
        ],
        [
          "oneself",
          "oneself"
        ],
        [
          "model",
          "model"
        ],
        [
          "connect",
          "connect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1983, S:Presidential Radio Address - 26 February 1983",
          "text": "Now, the vast majority of us identify with the second group, the one that believes in trusting the wisdom of the people rather than taking power away from them and concentrating it in the other hands.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "associate",
          "associate"
        ],
        [
          "oneself",
          "oneself"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English reflexive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010 February 6, “Youth Who Self-Identify as Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual at Higher Suicide Risk, Say Researchers”, in Science Daily",
          "text": "\"The main message is that it's the interface between individuals and society that causes students who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual the most distress,\" said study first author Yue Zhao.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "claim",
          "claim"
        ],
        [
          "identity",
          "identity"
        ],
        [
          "describe",
          "describe"
        ],
        [
          "member",
          "member"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "assert",
          "assert"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "term",
          "term"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive, with as) To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with as"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aɪˈdɛn.(t)ə.faɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aɪˈdɛn.(t)ɪ.faɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/En-us-identify.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ID"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:identify",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "clock"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:identify",
      "word": "identify"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:identify",
      "tags": [
        "Scottish"
      ],
      "word": "ken"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:identify",
      "word": "to make someone"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:identify",
      "word": "notice"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:identify",
      "word": "recognize"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:identify",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "twig"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identifiseer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nuynakanacʿnel",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "նույնականացնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "apaznavácʹ",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "апазнава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "apaznácʹ",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "апазна́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "identyfikavácʹ",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ідэнтыфікава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "identificiram",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "идентифицирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "辨認"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biànrèn",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "辨认"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "識別"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shíbié",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "识别"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identifikovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identificeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "tunnistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identifioida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "identify oneself; reflexive",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "tunnistautua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identifizieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "idantifye"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "azonosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "felismer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "ráismer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "beazonosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "mengidentifikasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identificare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "individuare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しきべつする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shikibetsu suru",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "識別する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bunbyeolhada",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "분별하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sikbyeolhada",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "식별하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prepoznava",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "препознава"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "identifikuva",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "идентификува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "tautuhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "tāutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identifisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identifisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identifiché"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identyfikować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "idɛntificírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "идентифици́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otoždestvljátʹ",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отождествля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otoždestvítʹ",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отождестви́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opoznavátʹ",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опознава́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opoznátʹ",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "опозна́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "comharraich"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "поистоветити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "poistovetiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "identifiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "identyfikuvaty",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "ідентифікувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ototožnjuvaty",
      "sense": "to establish the identity of someone or something",
      "word": "ототожнювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to disclose the identity of someone",
      "word": "identifiseer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to disclose the identity of someone",
      "word": "felfed"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to disclose the identity of someone",
      "word": "megnevez"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "identifiseer"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "identificiram",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "идентифицирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "identificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "determineren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "identificeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "tunnistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "identifioida"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "meghatároz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "azonosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dongjeonghada",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "동정(同定)하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "identificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "samastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "samaistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "gleichsetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "azonosnak/egynek tekint"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "poistovetuva",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "поистоветува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izednačuva",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "изедначува"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism",
      "word": "identificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "word": "identifiseer met"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otǎždestvjavam se",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "word": "отъждествявам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "word": "identificar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "word": "samastua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "word": "samaistua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "word": "s’identifier à"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "word": "azonosul"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "word": "identifisere seg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "word": "identifisere seg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "word": "identificar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otoždestvljátʹsja",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отождествля́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otoždestvítʹsja",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отождестви́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "idɛntificírovatʹsja",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "идентифици́роваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "word": "pf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "solidarizírovatʹsja",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "солидаризи́роваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "word": "pf"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "word": "identificarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to associate oneself with some group",
      "word": "identifiera sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(with as) to claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself",
      "word": "vallja magát"
    }
  ],
  "word": "identify"
}
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  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'to equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one', 2: 'equate', 3: 'unite', 4: 'combine'}",
  "path": [
    "identify",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "identify",
  "trace": ""
}

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