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Definition of identifying : of Identify

Synonyms:

individual, distinctive, classic, peculiar, proper, discriminating, distinguishing, distinct, characteristic, symptomatic, typical, diagnostic

educing, discovering, solving, recognizing, realizing, determining, exposing, detecting, disinterring, eliciting, unmasking, finding, fathoming, digging up, unraveling, revealing, unearthing, disclosing

tagging, labeling, terming, titling, designating, naming, christening, calling

Usage examples:

• It is most desirable to restore to such rivers their proper names as early as possible after they have been ascertained, were it only to enable strangers thereby to avail themselves of the intelligence and assistance of the natives, in identifying the country by means of the published maps. - "Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales", Thomas Mitchell.
• It stood alone, and there could be no difficulty whatever in identifying it. - "Stories Of Georgia 1896", Joel Chandler Harris.
• Far more troublesome than merely identifying the characters or emphasizing the place and time of the play is showing the relations of the characters to one another. - "Dramatic Technique", George Pierce Baker.