to recognize somebody/something and be able to say who or what they are. identify somebody/something She was able to identify her attacker. Identify with · Identify yourself with · Self-identify · Phrasal verb

1(informal ID) to recognize someone or something and be able to say who or what they are identify somebody/something as somebody/something The bodies were ...

There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb identify, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation ...

identify with somebody to feel that you can understand and share the feelings of somebody else synonym sympathize

to consider something to be the same as something else synonym equate You should not identify wealth with happiness.

[uncountable, countable] the process of showing, proving or recognizing who or what somebody/something is. The identification of the crash victims was a ...

​to recognize or decide that you belong to a particular category synonym self-identify. young people who identify as transgender.

the process of showing, proving, or recognizing who or what someone or something is. The identification of the crash victims was a long and difficult task.

​to support somebody/something; to consider yourself to have a special connection with somebody/something. He identified himself with the common people.

​to recognize that you have a particular characteristic or belong to a particular category. self-identify (as something) to self-identify as Christian/ ...