id
a card or document that shows who you are
an official document or piece of information that proves a person’s identity, such as a driver’s license or passport
a number or name that a system uses to know which person or thing it is
a unique name or number used to identify a person, account, item, or record in a system
to find out who or what someone or something is
to identify someone or something, or to check and confirm a person’s identity
in Freud’s theory, the part of the mind with basic wants
in psychoanalytic theory, the part of the mind that contains basic unconscious desires and impulses and seeks immediate satisfaction
the short form of the state name Idaho
the official two-letter abbreviation for the U.S. state of Idaho
- Base: id
- Plural: ids
check id
1verify someone’s identification
to look at someone’s ID to be sure it is correct
- They check ID at the door after 9 p.m.
- The cashier checked my ID before scanning the cigarettes.
- Security may check your ID and your ticket.
- They checked my ID.
fake id
1false identification document
an ID that is not real
- He was arrested for using a fake ID.
- The bouncer spotted her fake ID right away.
- They warned students about the risks of carrying a fake ID.
- This is a fake ID.
get id'd
1be asked for identification
to be asked to show your ID
- I always get ID’d when I buy wine.
- If you look young, you might get ID’d at the door.
- We got ID’d even though we’re both over 30.
- I got ID’d.
id (someone/something) as (someone/something)
1recognize and name precisely
to say who or what someone or something is
- The witness ID’d him as the driver.
- The bird was ID’d as a juvenile hawk.
- Police later ID’d the caller as a neighbor.
- He was ID’d as the suspect.
show your id
1present identification for checking
to give your ID to someone to check
- Could you show your ID, please?
- Visitors must show their ID at the front desk.
- I had to show my ID to enter the venue.
- I can show my ID.
- Please show your ID.