Some people identify success with having much money.
Source: tatoeba (18523)
Identify
//aɪˈdɛn.(t)ə.faɪ//
Synonyms for "identify" (166 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (49)
Related words (83)
knowknow againlabellinkmake onemake outmanifestmapmarkmeanmergenailnicknamenominatenotenoticeparallelparallelizepegperceive
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1 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
101 translations across 35 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- identifiseer verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- identifiseer verb (to disclose the identity of someone)
- identifiseer verb (biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism)
- identifiseer met verb (to associate oneself with some group)
Armenian
1 entries- նույնականացնել verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Belarusian
3 entries- апазна́ць verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- апазнава́ць verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- ідэнтыфікава́ць verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Bulgarian
3 entries- идентифици́рам verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- идентифицирам verb (biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism)
- отъждествявам се verb (to associate oneself with some group)
Catalan
4 entries- identificar verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- identificar verb (biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism)
- identificar verb (to equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one)
- identificar-se verb (to associate oneself with some group)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 識別 /识别 verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- 辨認 /辨认 verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Czech
1 entries- identifikovat verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Dutch
3 entries- determineren verb (biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism)
- identificeren verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- identificeren verb (biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism)
Esperanto
1 entries- identigi verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Finnish
4 entries- identifioida verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- identifioida verb (biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism)
- samaistaa verb (to equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one)
- samaistua verb (to associate oneself with some group)
French
2 entries- identifier verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- s'identifier à verb (to associate oneself with some group)
German
2 entries- gleichsetzen verb (to equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one)
- identifizieren verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- idantifye verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Hungarian
4 entries- azonosnak/egynek tekint verb (to equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one)
- azonosul verb (to associate oneself with some group)
- azonosít verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- azonosít verb (biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism)
Indonesian
1 entries- mengidentifikasi verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Italian
2 entries- identificare verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- individuare verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Japanese
1 entries- 識別する verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Korean
3 entries- 동정(同定)하다 verb (biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism)
- 분별하다 verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- 식별하다 verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Macedonian
4 entries- идентификува verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- идентификува се verb (to associate oneself with some group)
- изедначува verb (to equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one)
- поистоветува verb (to equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one)
Malay
2 entries- mengenali verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- mengenalpasti verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Māori
4 entries- tautohu verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- tautohu verb (biology: to establish the taxonomic classification of an organism)
- tautuhi verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- tāutu verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- identifisere verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- identifisere seg verb (to associate oneself with some group)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- identifisere verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- identifisere seg verb (to associate oneself with some group)
Occitan
1 entries- identificar verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- طانیمق verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Piedmontese
1 entries- identifiché verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Polish
2 entries- identyfikować verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- utożsamiać się verb (to associate oneself with some group)
Portuguese
2 entries- identificar verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- identificar-se verb (to associate oneself with some group)
Russian
4 entries- pf verb (to associate oneself with some group)
- pf verb (to associate oneself with some group)
- идентифици́ровать verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- идентифици́роваться verb (to associate oneself with some group)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- comharraich verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- poistovetiti verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- поистоветити verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Spanish
4 entries- funar verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- identificar verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- identificar verb (to equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one)
- identificarse verb (to associate oneself with some group)
Swedish
2 entries- identifiera verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- identifiera sig verb (to associate oneself with some group)
Tagalog
2 entries- identipikahin verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- kilalanin verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ототожнювати verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
- ідентифікувати verb (to establish the identity of someone or something)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
I don't want to identify myself with that group.
Source: tatoeba (29055)
You can easily identify Tom because he is very tall.
Source: tatoeba (37228)
What is significant in this argument is that his theory can identify those phenomena.
Source: tatoeba (59723)
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