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ID
1[ ahy-dee ]
noun
- a means of identification, as a card or bracelet containing official or approved identification information.
verb (used with object)
, ID'd or IDed or ID'ed, ID'ing or ID·ing.
- to identify.
- to issue an ID to:
Go to the admissions office if you haven't been ID'd yet.
-id
2- 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 ).
ID
3abbreviation for
- Idaho (approved especially for use with zip code).
- inner diameter, internal diameter, or inside diameter. Also i.d.
-id
4- 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 .
-id
5- variant of -ide: lipid .
-id
6- a suffix occurring in descriptive adjectives borrowed from Latin, often corresponding to nouns ending in -or1 : fetid; humid; pallid .
id
7[ id ]
noun
, Psychoanalysis.
- 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.
I'd
8[ ahyd ]
- contraction of I had:
I'd never seen anything like it before!
- contraction of I would:
If I were you, I'd be careful what I wish for.
id.
9abbreviation for
- idem.
Id.
10abbreviation for
- Idaho.
ID.
11abbreviation for
- (in Iraq ) dinar; dinars.
I.D.
12abbreviation for
- identification.
- identity.
- Military. Infantry Division.
- Intelligence Department.
-id
1suffix forming nouns
- indicating the names of meteor showers that appear to radiate from a specified constellation
Orionids (from Orion)
- indicating a particle, body, or structure of a specified kind
energid
id
2the internet domain name for
- Indonesia
-id
3suffix forming adjectives
- indicating members of a zoological family
cyprinid
- indicating members of a dynasty
Fatimid
Seleucid
ID
4abbreviation for
- Idaho
- identification (document)
- Alsoi.d inside diameter
- Intelligence Department
- Alsoi.d intradermal
Id.
5abbreviation for
- Idaho
id
6/ ɪd /
noun
- psychoanal the mass of primitive instincts and energies in the unconscious mind that, modified by the ego and the superego, underlies all psychic activity
id.
8abbreviation for
- idem
I'd
9/ aɪd /
contraction of
- I had or I would
id
- 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 Note
See contraction.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ID1
First recorded in 1935–40
Origin of ID2
< Latin -id-, stem of -is < Greek: feminine patronymic suffix; or < Latin -idēs < Greek: masculine patronymic suffix
Origin of ID4
From the Latin suffix -idus
Origin of ID5
1920–25; < Latin id it, as a translation of German Es, special use of es it, as a psychoanalytic term
Origin of ID6
First recorded in 1590–1600
Origin of ID7
First recorded in 1950–55
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ID1
from Latin -id-, -is, from Greek, feminine suffix of origin
Origin of ID2
from New Latin -idae or -ida, from Greek -idēs suffix indicating offspring
Origin of ID3
C20: New Latin, from Latin: it; used to render German Es
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