identify with
phrasal verb
identified with; identifying with; identifies with
1
: to think of (something) as being the same as (something else)
It is a mistake to identify being healthy with being thin.
2
: to think of (someone) as being very closely associated with (something)
She has always been identified with the civil rights movement.
These groups are identified with conservation.
3
: to think of oneself as having the same problems and feelings as someone
Many readers identify with the characters in her novels.
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He was drawn into politics, identifying with Libertarian policies from early on.
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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Denver Post, 1 June 2025
Ruud, who like Medvedev will be out of the world’s top 10 when the rankings update a week on Monday, can identify with the feeling of the tennis world passing him by.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Many Black leaders, viewing global affairs through an anti-colonial lens, identified with Palestinian aspirations.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
That’s tougher to pin down, since Joe, on the one hand, is the character we’re asked to identify with, but Phoenix plays him as a shambolic screw-up, earnest and benign but basically a walking mess.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2025
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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Denver Post, 1 June 2025
Ruud, who like Medvedev will be out of the world’s top 10 when the rankings update a week on Monday, can identify with the feeling of the tennis world passing him by.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Many Black leaders, viewing global affairs through an anti-colonial lens, identified with Palestinian aspirations.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
That’s tougher to pin down, since Joe, on the one hand, is the character we’re asked to identify with, but Phoenix plays him as a shambolic screw-up, earnest and benign but basically a walking mess.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2025
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“Identify with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/identify%20with. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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