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ID

1

[ahy-dee]

noun

  1. a means of identification, as a card or bracelet containing official or approved identification information.



verb (used with object)

ID'd, IDed, ID'ed, ID'ing, IDing. 
  1. to identify.

  2. to issue an ID to.

    Go to the admissions office if you haven't been ID'd yet.

-id

2
  1. a 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

3

abbreviation

  1. Idaho (approved especially for use with zip code).

  2. infectious disease.

  3. inner diameter, internal diameter, or inside diameter. Also i.d.

  4. intellectual disability.

  5. intelligent design.

-id

4
  1. a 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

5
  1. variant of -ide: lipid .

-id

6
  1. a suffix occurring in descriptive adjectives borrowed from Latin, often corresponding to nouns ending in -or1 : fetid; humid; pallid .

id

7

[id]

noun

Psychoanalysis.
  1. 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]

  1. contraction of I had:

    I'd never seen anything like it before!

  2. contraction of I would:

    If I were you, I'd be careful what I wish for.

id.

9

abbreviation

  1. idem.

Id.

10

abbreviation

  1. Idaho.

ID.

11

abbreviation

  1. (in Iraq ) dinar; dinars.

I.D.

12

abbreviation

  1. identification.

  2. identity.

  3. Military.ÌýInfantry Division.

  4. Intelligence Department.

-id

1

suffix

  1. indicating the names of meteor showers that appear to radiate from a specified constellation

    Orionids (from Orion)

  2. indicating a particle, body, or structure of a specified kind

    energid

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id

2

/ ɪ»å /

noun

  1. psychoanal the mass of primitive instincts and energies in the unconscious mind that, modified by the ego and the superego, underlies all psychic activity

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-id

3

suffix

  1. indicating members of a zoological family

    cyprinid

  2. indicating members of a dynasty

    Seleucid

    Fatimid

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id

4

abbreviation

  1. Indonesia

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-id

5

suffix

  1. a variant of -ide

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I'd

6

/ aɪ»å /

contraction

  1. I had or I would

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ID

7

abbreviation

  1. Idaho

  2. identification (document)

  3. Also: i.d.Ìýinside diameter

  4. Intelligence Department

  5. Also: i.d.Ìýintradermal

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Id.

8

abbreviation

  1. Idaho

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id.

9

abbreviation

  1. idem

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id

  1. 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.)

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of ID1

First recorded in 1935–40

Origin of ID2

< Latin -id-, stem of -is < Greek: feminine patronymic suffix; or < Latin -¾±»åŧ²õ < Greek: masculine patronymic suffix

Origin of ID3

< Greek -¾±»åŧ²õ -id 1, as singular of New Latin -ida -ida or -idae -idae

Origin of ID4

From the Latin suffix -idus

Origin of ID5

1920–25; < Latin id it, as a translation of German Es, special use of es it, as a psychoanalytic term

Origin of ID6

First recorded in 1590–1600

Origin of ID7

First recorded in 1950–55
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of ID1

from Latin -id-, -is, from Greek, feminine suffix of origin

Origin of ID2

C20: New Latin, from Latin: it; used to render German Es

Origin of ID3

from New Latin -idae or -ida, from Greek -¾±»åŧ²õ suffix indicating offspring
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Gavidia said he gave the Border Patrol agent his Real ID, but the agent never returned it to him.

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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.

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Spanish citizens can cross using a government ID card.

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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.

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Voters do not need ID to cast their ballot.

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