/aɪˈden.tɪ.faɪ/
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Translation
To say who somebody is or what something is, because you know it or can see it clearly.
Word origin
From Latin idem, meaning the same, and facere, meaning to make. To identify is to make one thing the same as a known thing.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- idem + facere
- English cognates
- identity, identical
Grammar
Verb typeregular (identify, identifies, identified)
Examples
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"Identify" here means say who he is.
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Here "identify" means find out what something is.
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"Identify yourself" means say your name.
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