identify

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recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something

"She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"

identify, place

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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"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"

identify, name

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consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else

"He identified with the refugees"

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deem to be

"She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

consider, reckon, regard, see, view

conceive of as united or associated

"Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus"

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make a logical or causal connection

"I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"

associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in

identify as in botany or biology, for example

describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name

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consider to be equal or the same

"He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"

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perceive to be the same

recognise, recognize