Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - identification parade

~ n BrE a process in which a witness to a crime looks at a group of people to see if they can recognize the criminal; line­up (4) AmE identify ~ v 1 to recognize and correctly name someone or something  (I agreed to try and identify the body. | identify sb/sth)  (The aircraft were identified as American.) 2 to recognize something or discover exactly what it is, what its nature or origin is, etc  (The first task is to identify local crime problems. | Scientists have identified the gene that causes abnormal growth.) 3 to make it clear to other people who someone is  (identify sb as sb)  (His accent identified him as a Frenchman.) identify with phr v 1 (identify with someone) to feel able to share or understand the feelings of another person  (I didn't enjoy the movie because I couldn't identify with any of the characters.) 2 be identified with to be closely connected or involved with something such as a political group  (She has always been identified with the radical left.) 3 (identify something with someone/something) to think that something is the same as, or closely connected with, something else  (It is a mistake to identify art with life.)