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Id

//aɪˈdiː// adj, name, noun, pron, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of intellectually disabled. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Idaho: a state of the United States. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Eid. India, alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of identification / identifier / identity document. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

    "Show me your ID."

  2. 2
    The unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model.

    ""There is one sentence in it, however - namely: 'I protest strongly against the insufferable and entirely dogmatic assertion that each separate id is a microcosm possessed of an historical architecture elaborated slowly through the series of generations.' Have you no desire, in view of later research, to modify this statement?""

  3. 3
    Alternative spelling of ide (the fish) alt-of, alternative
  4. 4
    Identifier.
  5. 5
    Alternative form of Eid. India, alt-of, alternative
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  1. 6
    (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity wordnet
  2. 7
    An electronic music track without an official title. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    a card or badge used to identify the bearer wordnet
  4. 9
    An ident. countable, uncountable

    "If not done at the top of the hour, however, the station ID should come at the next possible break in the programme."

  5. 10
    Initialism of image description. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  6. 11
    Initialism of intellectual disability. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  7. 12
    Initialism of intelligent design. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  8. 13
    Initialism of industrial design. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  9. 14
    Initialism of inside diameter or inner diameter or internal diameter. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  10. 15
    Initialism of industry discount. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  11. 16
    Initialism of iron deficiency. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Pronoun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of id.. alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    To identify (an object, etc.). transitive

    "Police have been unable to ID the body found in the river."

  2. 2
    To request to see a person’s identification for proof of identity or age. transitive

    "The bartender will have to ID you before serving you a drink."

  3. 3
    To identify (as something) intransitive

    "I have one black grandfather, but I don't ID as mixed race"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From New Latin id (“it”), chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Es (“it”) as a noun for this concept from the pronoun es (“it”).

Etymology 2

From Swedish id.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of identifier.

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of idem, from Latin idem (“same”).

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Hindi ईद (īd).

Etymology 6

Borrowed from Hindi ईद (īd).

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