ID
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2.9
- noun
- /aɪ di/
:
documento de identidad
- Please show your ID before entering the building.
- an ID card
- student ID
- voter ID
Her excuse was that all Tennessee IDs are handwritten.
- Her excuse was that all Tennessee IDs are handwritten.
- You have no ID, no money, no phone.
- I'd go in, give him the ID, walk in, sit down.
- OK, That ID card is it's a CAC card.
- And he said you got ID and I was like ID.
- And he said Army had an ID card and they're in regular clothes.
Examples
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Your ID please.
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Sir, we need your photo ID, please.
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But this is what ID looks like, OK?
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This morning we took our photo ID photo.
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You have no ID, no money, no phone.
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Let me see your ID now.
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So can you get your ID out and can you sign here?
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Do you have your ID?
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Sorry, I'm going to need to see some ID.
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I showed Marcus my ID.
Synonyms
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2.9
A card or paper that shows who someone is
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4.8
Clear proof that a person is who they say they are
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1.3
An official card with your name and photo that shows who you are
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2.7
A document that shows who you are, like a passport or driver's licence
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3.8
Documents or certificates that show who a person is, their qualifications and their role
A badge worn to show who a person is in a workplace
Idioms
Compounds
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3.0
A service or device that shows the phone number and sometimes the name of an incoming call
A major Muslim festival at the end of Hajj when people sacrifice an animal and give meat to the poor
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
ID = identification (semi-transparent) = I + D
The initialism 'ID' directly abbreviates 'identification', so learners who know the full word can map the letters to its meaning. [Postprocessing: changed transparency from 'transparent' to 'semi-transparent' for abbreviation]
Etymology
ID is short for identification and is related to the common word identity. It comes from the Latin root idem meaning 'the same', so an ID is a way to show you are the 'same' person named on the card and therefore proves who you are.