identify

present (v1)

identify

past (v2)

identified

past participle (v3)

identified

present participle

identifying

3rd person singular

identifies

1. 1.To establish the identity of someone or something.

   • It was hard to identify the shoplifter because the CCTV records didn't have a clear image.
   • The formal name of a national having domiciliary register shall be identified by the national identity card.
   • If you have normal insulins with a normal oral glucose tolerance identifying nondiabetes, does it mean that you were never diabetic..

2. 2.To disclose the identity of someone.

   • The Associated Press will not identify the suspect of the crime because he is a juvenile.

3. 3.To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.

   • A recent biological inventory uncovered 41 species and 2 subspecies of insects new to science and many species not before identified in the State of Washington.

4. 4.To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.

   • Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people, and their rulers.

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