identify

verb

1 she identified her attacker in a police line-up:

recognize, single out, pick out, spot, point out, pinpoint, pin down, put one's finger on, put a name to, name, place, know, know again, know by sight, discern, distinguish, discover, find, locate;

remember, recall, recollect, call to mind;

informal put the finger on;

North American, informal finger.

2 I was able to identify four problem areas:

determine, establish, ascertain, find out, discover, learn, fix, settle, decide, make out, ferret out, diagnose, deduce, divine, intuit, discern, distinguish;

verify, confirm, make certain of, certify;

informal figure out, get a fix on.

3 tobacco sponsorship is aimed at a market that identifies sport with glamour:

associate, link, connect, couple, relate, bracket, think of together;

think of in connection with, draw a parallel with, mention in the same breath as, set side by side with.

▷antonyms distinguish.

4 children usually identify with the hero:

empathize, be in tune, have a rapport, feel togetherness, feel at one, commune, sympathize, be in sympathy;

be on the same wavelength as, speak/talk the same language as;

understand, relate to, feel for, have insight into;

informal put oneself in the shoes of.

5 it is tempting to identify him with an Athenian painter of the same name:

equate with, identify someone as, consider someone/something to be, regard as being the same as, regard as being identical to.

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