Identify and Join

Identify

Identify verb - To think of (something) in combination.

Usage example: for some reason, he always identified the color red with flowers

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Join and identify are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Join" instead a verb "Identify".

Join verb - To be adjacent to.

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Identify and join are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Identify" instead a verb "Join".

Nearby Words: joined, joining

She's able to recite some of his findings back to him, but misses the clues that would have allowed her to join the dots and identify the criminal herself.

Source: Literature / Lord Peter Wimsey
Neutrality Backlash: Ryzhkov uses the US invasion of Cuba in order to identify and eliminate not his open political opponents, but those who remain silent and intend to only join the side that wins.

Source: Literature / Fear, Loathing and Gumbo on the Campaign Trail '72
In Fallout 2, the player character has the option to join the Slaver fraction, but doing requires to be branded with a very distinctive tattoo on their forehead to easily identify them as a Slaver, meaning that pretty much everyone who isn't a Slaver treats them with scorn.

Source: Mark of Shame

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