identify
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster
Types & categories
- set hypernym
- differentiate hyponym
Related & opposite
- identity derivation
- recognition derivation
- identity derivation
- identification derivation
- identifiable derivation
Sense 2 verb
give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
Many senators were named in connection with the scandal
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- identification derivation
- identity derivation
- identification derivation
- naming derivation
- identification derivation
Sense 3 verb
consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else
He identified with the refugees
Types & categories
- regard hypernym
Related & opposite
- identification derivation
- identicalness derivation
Sense 4 verb
conceive of as united or associated
Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus
Types & categories
- link hypernym
Related & opposite
- identification derivation
Sense 5 verb
identify as in botany or biology, for example
Related & opposite
- identification derivation
- identity derivation
- name derivation
- naming derivation
- identifiable derivation
- class entails
Sense 6 verb
consider to be equal or the same
He identified his brother as one of the fugitives
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- identicalness derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | identity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | recognition |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | identity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | identification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | identifiable |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | set |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | differentiate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | identification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | identity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | identification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | naming |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | identification |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | denote |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | enumerate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | number |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | announce |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | identification |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | identicalness |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | regard |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | identification |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | link |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | identification |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | identity |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | name |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | naming |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | identifiable |
| 5 | entails | Related & opposite | class |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | identicalness |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | recognize |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | mistake |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | type |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | taste |