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ID en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /aɪˈdiː/

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable) Initialism of intellectually disabled.
Source: en.wiktionary, “ID” (adj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ID en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /aɪˈdiː/

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of identification, identifier, or identity document.
    alt of identifier
    • The keys are not as flat and offer more space between them. Better yet, you still maintain a physical row of function keys (including ESC) and the Touch ID sensor is still here. 2020 March 20, Jacob Krol, “Apple’s MacBook Air makes a good first impression with strong performance and punchy keys”, in CNN:
    • Show me your ID.
  2. (countable, uncountable) An ident.
    • If not done at the top of the hour, however, the station ID should come at the next possible break in the programme. 2015, Simran Kohli, The Radio Jockey Hand Book, page 93:
  3. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of image description.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of intellectual disability.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of intelligent design.
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of industrial design.
  7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of inside diameter, inner diameter, or internal diameter.
  8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of industry discount.
  9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:nutrition, uncountable) Initialism of iron deficiency.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
IDs Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

OD

Deriveds

IDist · ID restoration · caller ID · UID · user ID · eID · ID card · self-ID · IDer

Synonyms

MR

Translations (3)

es carné (identification or identity documentation) · es cédula (identification or identity documentation) · es carnet (identification or identity documentation)

wikidata: Q183560

Source: en.wiktionary, “ID” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ID en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /aɪˈdiː/

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Idaho: a state of the United States.
    alt of Idaho
Source: en.wiktionary, “ID” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ID en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /aɪˈdiː/

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To identify (an object, etc.).
    • Police have been unable to ID the body found in the river.
    • I know you’ve already ID’d us as cops, so that’s DC Daniels and I’m Henry Christie. 2019, Nick Oldham, chapter 14, in Wildfire (A Henry Christie Thriller; 26), London: Severn House Publishers, published 2020, →ISBN:
  2. (transitive) To request to see a person’s identification for proof of identity or age.
    • The bartender will have to ID you before serving you a drink.
    • Anyway, Margiotti found the guard and showed him the picture. He ID'ed it. Sort of. It was dark. 2007, Jane Haddam, Conspiracy Theory: A Gregor Demarkian Novel:
  3. (intransitive) To identify (as something)
    • I have one black grandfather, but I don't ID as mixed race

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ID'ed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ID'ed Tense=Past lexicographic
ID'ing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ID's Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ID'd Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ID'd Tense=Past lexicographic
IDed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
IDed Tense=Past lexicographic
IDing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
IDs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (5)

sv identifiera (to identify (as something)) · sv ID:a (to request to see a person’s identification for proof of identity or age) · sv legga (to request to see a person’s identification for proof of identity or age) · sv legitimera (to request to see a person’s identification for proof of identity or age) · sv identifiera (to identify (an object, etc.))