ID

¹ American  

[ahy-dee] / ˈaɪˈdi /

noun

1. a means of identification, as a card or bracelet containing official or approved identification information.

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verb (used with object)

ID'd, IDed, ID'ed, ID'ing, IDing

1. to identify.

2. to issue an ID to.

   Go to the admissions office if you haven't been ID'd yet.

-id ² American  

1. a suffix occurring in descriptive adjectives borrowed from Latin, often corresponding to nouns ending in -or1 : fetid; humid; pallid .

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id. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. idem.

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ID ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Idaho (approved especially for use with zip code).

2. infectious disease.

3. inner diameter, internal diameter, or inside diameter. Also i.d.

4. intellectual disability.

5. intelligent design.

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-id ⁵ American  

1. variant of -ide: lipid .

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-id ⁶ American  

1. a suffix of nouns that have the general sense “offspring of, descendant of,” occurring originally in loanwords from Greek (Atreid; Nereid ), and productive in English on the Greek model, especially in names of dynasties, with the dynasty's founder as the base noun (Abbasid; Attalid ), and in names of periodic meteor showers, with the base noun usually denoting the constellation or other celestial object in which the shower appears (Perseid ).

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I'd ⁷ American  

[ahyd] / aɪd /

1. contraction of I had:

   I'd never seen anything like it before!

2. contraction of I would:

   If I were you, I'd be careful what I wish for.

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I.D. ⁸ American  

abbreviation

1. identification.

2. identity.

3. Military. Infantry Division.

4. Intelligence Department.

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Id. ⁹ American  

abbreviation

1. Idaho.

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ID. ¹⁰ American  

abbreviation

1. (in Iraq ) dinar; dinars.

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-id ¹¹ American  

1. a suffix occurring in English derivatives of modern Latin taxonomic names, especially zoological families and classes; such derivatives are usually nouns denoting a single member of the taxon or adjectives with the sense “pertaining to” the taxon: arachnid; canid .

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id ¹² American  

[id] / ɪd /

noun

Psychoanalysis.

1. the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.

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id ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Indonesia

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Id. ² British  

abbreviation

1. Idaho

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-id ³ British  

suffix

1. indicating members of a zoological family

   cyprinid

2. indicating members of a dynasty

   Seleucid

   Fatimid

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-id ⁴ British  

suffix

1. a variant of -ide

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id. ⁵ British  

abbreviation

1. idem

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-id ⁶ British  

suffix

1. indicating the names of meteor showers that appear to radiate from a specified constellation

   Orionids (from Orion)

2. indicating a particle, body, or structure of a specified kind

   energid

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ID ⁷ British  

abbreviation

1. Idaho

2. identification (document)

3. Also: i.d.  inside diameter

4. Intelligence Department

5. Also: i.d.  intradermal

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id ⁸ British  

/ ɪd /

noun

1. psychoanal the mass of primitive instincts and energies in the unconscious mind that, modified by the ego and the superego, underlies all psychic activity

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I'd ⁹ British  

/ aɪd /

contraction

1. I had or I would

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id Cultural  

1. In Freudian theory, the part of the psyche associated with instinctual, repressed, or antisocial desires, usually sexual or aggressive. In its efforts to satisfy these desires, the id comes into conflict with the social and practical constraints enforced by the ego and superego. (See also pleasure principle.)

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Usage

See contraction.

Etymology

Origin of ID¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Origin of -id¹

From the Latin suffix -idus

Origin of -id¹

< Latin -id-, stem of -is < Greek: feminine patronymic suffix; or < Latin -idēs < Greek: masculine patronymic suffix

Origin of I'd¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Origin of I.D.¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Origin of -id¹

< Greek -idēs -id ¹, as singular of New Latin -ida -ida or -idae -idae

Origin of id¹

1920–25; < Latin id it, as a translation of German Es, special use of es it, as a psychoanalytic term

Example Sentences

He declined to provide his ID and then became paranoid, asking whether the store intended to track him and falsely saying that he was not from America, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times

The government is also planning to introduce digital ID, which will be mandatory to prove someone's right to work by 2029, to make it harder for migrants to work illegally.

From BBC

Last March, Chikli declared that aid groups working in Palestinian territories must provide Israel with the names, ID numbers and contact information for their staff.

From The Wall Street Journal

Immigration agents needed to run the suspect’s various forms of ID through different systems, and if the results were inconclusive, book the person into custody for further investigation.

From The Wall Street Journal

He and other resistance volunteers fabricated fake ID cards and sent letters to Germans urging them to oppose Nazi aggression.

From The Wall Street Journal