Verb

Infinitive to identify

Third person singular identifies

Simple past identified

Past participle identified

Present participle identifying

to identify (third-person singular simple present identifies, present participle identifying, simple past and past participle identified)

1. to establish the identity of someone or something.
   • 1953, Enforcement Regulations of the Name Act:

     The formal name of a national having domiciliary register shall be identified by the national identity card;

2. (biology) to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
   • 2000, Proclamation 7319:

     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.

3. to equate two or more things.
4. to associate oneself with some group.
   • 1983, S:Presidential Radio Address - 26 February 1983:

     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.

5. (topology) To map a number of points to one.

Synonyms

• to ID

Related terms

• identification
• identifier
• identity
• identify with

Identification or Identify may refer to:

• Chemical identification, the process of characterizing or fingerprinting a specific molecule
• Combat Identification
• Body identification
• Eyewitness identification
• Fuzzy identification
• Forensic identification
• Gender identification
• Hazard Identification
• Identification (biology), the process of assigning a pre-existing individual or class name to an individual organism
• Identification (information), the capability to find, retrieve, report, change, or delete specific data without ambiguity
• Identification (literature), a psychological relationship between the reader of a novel and a character in the book
• Identification (parameter), a concept in econometrics
• Identification (psychodynamic), a concept in psychoanalysis
• Identification of human individuals, a concept in biometrics
• Identification scheme
• "Identify" (song), a 1999 alternative song
• Identification key - ???
• Identification tag - a badge attached to an object
• Language identification, the process of determining the natural language of a given content
• Morphological identification
• Organizational identification
• Particle identification
• Party identification
• Photo identification
• Piece of identification, any document which may be used to verify aspects of a person's identity
• Physiological identification
• Programme identification
• Projective identification
• Radio-frequency identification
• Specific Identification
• Station identification, the practice of any type of radio or television station or network identifying itself
• Strain identification
• System identification
• Ultrasound Identification
• Weed identification