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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)
to identify.
to issue an ID to.
Go to the admissions office if you haven't been ID'd yet.
-id
2a 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
Idaho (approved especially for use with zip code).
inner diameter, internal diameter, or inside diameter. Also i.d.
-id
4a 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
5variant of -ide: lipid .
-id
6a suffix occurring in descriptive adjectives borrowed from Latin, often corresponding to nouns ending in -or1 : fetid; humid; pallid .
id
7[id]
noun
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
idem.
Id.
10abbreviation
Idaho.
ID.
11abbreviation
(in Iraq ) dinar; dinars.
I.D.
12abbreviation
identification.
identity.
Military.ÌýInfantry Division.
Intelligence Department.
-id
1suffix
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
2/ ɪ»å /
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
3suffix
indicating members of a zoological family
cyprinid
indicating members of a dynasty
Seleucid
Fatimid
id
4abbreviation
Indonesia
-id
5suffix
a variant of -ide
I'd
6/ aɪ»å /
contraction
I had or I would
ID
7abbreviation
Idaho
identification (document)
Also: i.d.Ìýinside diameter
Intelligence Department
Also: i.d.Ìýintradermal
Id.
8abbreviation
Idaho
id.
9abbreviation
idem
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.)
Usage
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of ID1
Origin of ID2
Origin of ID4
Origin of ID5
Origin of ID6
Origin of ID7
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of ID1
Origin of ID2
Origin of ID3
Example Sentences
Gavidia said he gave the Border Patrol agent his Real ID, but the agent never returned it to him.
Currently, Gibraltar residents can cross using residence cards without needing to have their passports stamped, while Spanish citizens can cross using a government ID card.
Spanish citizens can cross using a government ID card.
From a nearby tower, two Israeli soldiers were watching us - one of them through binoculars - and my colleague held his BBC ID up for them to see.
Voters do not need ID to cast their ballot.
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