Define vs. Identify
Defineverb
To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
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(obsolete) To settle, decide an argument etc.
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To express the essential nature of something.
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To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
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To describe, explain, or make definite and clear.
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To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
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(mathematics) To establish the referent of a term or notation.
Definenoun
(programming) A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.
Defineverb
To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.
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To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.
Defineverb
To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.
Defineverb
To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term.
Defineverb
To determine; to decide.
Defineverb
give a definition for the meaning of a word;
Defineverb
determine the essential quality of
Defineverb
determine the nature of;
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delineate the form or outline of;
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state or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of
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give the meaning of (a word or phrase), especially in a dictionary
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make up or establish the character or essence of
Defineverb
mark out the boundary or limits of
Defineverb
make clear the outline of; delineate
Identifyverb
(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
Identifyverb
To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
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(transitive) To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
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(reflexive) To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
Identifyverb
(intransitive) To associate oneself with some group.
Identifyverb
(intransitive) To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.
Identifyverb
To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation.
Identifyverb
To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.
Identifyverb
To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.
Identifyverb
To coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.; to associate oneself in name, goals, or feelings; usually used with with; as, he identified with the grief she felt at her father's death.
Identifyverb
recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something;
Identifyverb
give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property;
Identifyverb
consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else;
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conceive of as united or associated;
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identify as in botany or biology, for example
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consider to be equal or the same;
