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Meaning of identify

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

identify

Pronunciation:/aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To establish the identity of someone or something.

  2. To disclose the identity of someone.

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

  3. To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.

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