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Identify is a related term of tie.


As a verb identify

is to establish the identity of someone or something.

As a noun tie is

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identify

English

Verb

  • To establish the identity of someone or something.
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  • (biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
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  • To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
  • * D. Ramsay
    • Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people and of the rulers.
  • * Burke
    • Let us identify , let us incorporate ourselves with the people.
  • (reflexive) To have a strong affinity (with); to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
  • * 1999 , Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams , Oxford 2008, p. 117:
    • The dream is given a new interpretation if in her dream she means not herself but her friend, if she has put herself in the place of her friend, or, as we may say, she has identified herself with her.
  • To associate oneself with some group.
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  • To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year=2010 , author= , title=Youth Who Self-Identify as Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual at Higher Suicide Risk, Say Researchers , date=Feb. 6, 2010 , magazine=Science Daily citation , passage="The main message is that it's the interface between individuals and society that causes students who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual the most distress," said study first author Yue Zhao. }}

    Synonyms

    * to ID

    Related terms

    * identic * identical * identification * identifier * identity * identify with

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    tie

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A knot; a fastening.
  • A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
    • (Young)
  • A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
  • The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
    • It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score.
  • A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
  • A strong connection between people or groups of people; a bond.
    • the sacred ties''' of friendship or of duty; the '''ties of allegiance
  • * Young
    • No distance breaks the tie of blood.
  • (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
    • Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes.
  • (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
  • (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different to a draw).
  • (sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
    • The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957.
  • (music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes (not to be confused with a slur).
  • (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
  • (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
  • (graph theory) connection between two vertices.
    • Usage notes
    * In cricket, a tie'' and a ''draw are not the same. See .
    Synonyms
    * (situation where one or more participants in a competition are placed equally) draw * (horizontal member that supports railway lines) sleeper (British)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , (m).

    Verb

  • To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
    • Tie this rope in a knot for me, please.
    Tie the rope to this tree.
  • To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
    • Tie a knot in this rope for me, please.
  • To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
    • Tie him to the tree.
  • * Fairfax
    • In bond of virtuous love together tied .
  • To secure (something) by string or the like.
    • Tie your shoes.
  • * Dryden
    • Not tied to rules of policy, you find / Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind.
  • (transitive, or, intransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
    • They tied for third place.
    They tied the game.
  • (US) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
    • He tied me for third place.
  • (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
    • Synonyms
    * fasten
    Antonyms
    * unfasten * untie
    Derived terms
    * tie down * tie-in, tie in * tie the knot * tie up

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