# id

Pronunciation: say "y-DEE" US /ˌaɪˈdi/, UK /ˌaɪˈdiː/

## Noun · ID

1. Abbreviation of identification, or of identity document: proof of who someone is, such as an identity card. — Abbreviation of identification / identifier / identity document.
   - Simple: Abbreviation of identification. A card or paper that shows who you are.
   - _The club turned him away because he had no ID._
   - _Please bring a photo ID, such as a passport or driver's license, to the exam._
8. Short for intelligent design: the claim, rejected by mainstream science, that some features of living things are best explained by an intelligent designer rather than by natural processes. — Initialism of intelligent design.
   - Simple: Short for intelligent design: the claim, rejected by scientists, that some features of life need a designer rather than natural processes.
   - _Supporters of ID argue that some biological systems are too complex to have arisen through undirected natural processes._
   - _The school board's plan to teach ID alongside evolution ended up in court._
9. A short announcement or sequence that tells listeners or viewers which radio or television station or channel they are tuned to.
   - Simple: A short message, sound or picture on radio or TV that tells you which station is on.
   - _The DJ faded the song out early so the station ID could run at the top of the hour._
   - _The network commissioned a new set of animated IDs for the fall season._

## Noun

2. In computing, an identifier: a name or value that picks out one particular item.
   - Simple: In computers, a name or number that marks one thing so it can be found.
   - _The API returns an id for every new order, which you can use to look it up later._
   - _Two records with the same id caused the import to fail._
5. In Freudian psychoanalysis, the unconscious, impulsive part of the personality. (pronounced: say "ID" /ɪd/)
   - Simple: In Freud's theory, the hidden part of the mind that follows sudden urges.
   - _Freud pictured the ego as a rider struggling to steer the powerful horse of the id._
   - _The reality show plays straight to the audience's id, rewarding the loudest and most reckless contestants._

## Verb · ID

3. To identify something or someone, such as an object, working out what or who it is.
   - Simple: To find out or say what or who something is.
   - _Detectives used dental records to ID the remains._
   - _The app IDs plants from a single photo of a leaf._
6. To ask to see someone's identification as proof of who they are or how old they are.
   - Simple: To ask someone to show a card that proves who they are or how old they are.
   - _Cashiers are trained to ID anyone who looks under forty before selling alcohol._
   - _Guards at the gate IDed every visitor before letting them onto the base._
7. To identify as something, thinking of oneself as belonging to a particular group or category.
   - Simple: To say or feel that you belong to a certain group or type of person.
   - _Most of the students surveyed ID as independents rather than members of a party._
   - _He IDed as a punk all through high school._

## Proper noun · ID

4. Short for Idaho: a state in the northwestern United States, used in addresses and on forms. — Abbreviation of Idaho: a state of the United States.
   - Simple: Short for Idaho: a US state, used in addresses and on forms.
   - _The return address read 1420 Main St., Pocatello, ID._
   - _The online form rejected her address until she picked ID from the list of states._

## Other meanings

- (pronoun) Alternative form of id., short for Latin idem, used in citations to mean the same source as the one just named.
- (noun) Short for intellectual disability: a condition, starting in childhood, marked by significant limits in reasoning, learning and everyday life skills.
- (noun) Short for inside diameter or inner diameter or internal diameter: the width across the inside of a pipe, tube or ring, measured from inner wall to inner wall.
- (noun) Short for image description: a written description of what an image shows, added to a post especially for people who cannot see it.
- (adjective) Short for intellectually disabled: having an intellectual disability, a condition marked by significant limits in reasoning, learning and everyday skills.
- (noun) Short for industrial design: the design of products made in large numbers by factories, balancing looks, use and cost.
- (noun) In electronic dance music, a track whose title or artist has not been made public, often because it is not yet released.
- (proper noun) Another spelling of Eid: the name of the Muslim festivals Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, or the holiday on which one falls.
- (noun) Short for iron deficiency: too little iron in the body, which can lead to anemia.
- (noun) Short for industry discount: a heavily discounted air fare for airline staff, usually on a standby basis.
- (noun) Another spelling of ide: a freshwater fish of the carp family found in northern Europe and Asia.

## Origin

**Meaning 2** — An abbreviation of identifier.
**Meaning 5** — From New Latin id ("it"), chosen by Freud's English translator to render his German Es ("it"), the pronoun es used as a noun.

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