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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ahy-den-tuh-fahy, ih-den-
Phonetic Transcription : aɪˈdɛn təˌfaɪ, ɪˈdɛn-



Definition of identifies

Origin :
  • 1640s, "regard as the same," from French identifier, from identité (see identity). Sense of "recognize" first recorded 1769. Meaning "make one (with), associate (oneself)" is from 1780. Sense of "serve as means of identification" is attested by 1886. Related: Identified; identifying.
  • verb recognize; label
Example sentences :
  • A French legend, on the other hand, identifies 'the man' with Judas Iscariot.
  • Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
  • At first she (like Janet) identifies sandwiches with biscuits.
  • Extract from : « A Tangled Tale » by Lewis Carroll
  • Man sees the unexpected once and identifies it as hallucination.
  • Extract from : « Fantazius Mallare » by Ben Hecht
  • He identifies God's will with his wisdom, and God's wisdom with right action.
  • Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik
  • To what extent she now identifies objects by their odour is hard to determine.
  • Extract from : « Story of My Life » by Helen Keller
  • The one identifies us with the world, the other raises us above it.
  • Extract from : « The Sense of Beauty » by George Santayana
  • He asks nothing of it for himself, but identifies himself with it.
  • Extract from : « The Approach to Philosophy » by Ralph Barton Perry
  • It defines, or identifies, each term in relation to the other.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey
  • He is at once the god of war and also the god of light, which identifies him with Helios.
  • Extract from : « The Swastika » by Thomas Wilson
  • Cluverius identifies this with the island now called Salini.
  • Extract from : « The Geography of Strabo, Volume I (of 3) » by Strabo

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