Antonyms for identifying
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ahy-den-tuh-fahy, ih-den- |
| Phonetic Transcription : aɪˈdɛn təˌfaɪ, ɪˈdɛn- |
Definition of identifying
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
- So he had a possible means of identifying the man who had taken the money.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- He felt that he could not be mistaken in identifying the charm.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
- He saved her the trouble of identifying him by coming forward.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- There is the danger of identifying language, not with thoughts but with ideas.
- Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
- The mode of knowing and identifying children in Tibet is peculiar.
- Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
- As a matter of course, I exclude the possibility of identifying the patient.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
- There seemed to be no way of identifying it, even if he should track the thief.
- Extract from : « The Young Miner » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
- He could tell because of the absence of the identifying gleam in her eyes.
- Extract from : « Mezzerow Loves Company » by Floyd L. Wallace
- It's been printed out, too, so there isn't much chance of identifying the writing.
- Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
- What identifying features does it have that will enable us to recognize it?
- Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
Synonyms for identifying
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