ID card

noun

1. identification card.

ID card

noun

1. a card or document that serves to identify a person, or to prove his age, membership, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of ID card¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in September said the ID card would be introduced by 2029.

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But the plan is highly controversial in the UK -- one of the few European countries without any ID card and where the idea has long been resisted -- and the main opposition parties are against it.

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The BBC said in a statement that an unnamed journalist "has been unable to leave Vietnam for several months as the authorities have withheld their ID card and their renewed passport".

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The Vietnamese national travelled to the country to visit family and renew their passport, but the document and their ID card have been withheld and they have been subjected to "multiple days of questioning", the corporation said in a statement.

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After finding Hartuv’s Israeli ID card and removing her Star of David necklace, they repeatedly stabbed the two women.

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