id /ɪd/ noun2 •Identifier. •The unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model.The phenomenon may seem like a random burble of the internet’s id, but Alvarez has been making similarly entrancing—if mostly nonmusical—work for the past few years. — 2023 formsids
id. adverb 2noun 3 adverb2 •Replaces a repeated word to reduce repetition, such as in dictionaries •Abbreviation of idem; used in citations to state that the citation is found in the same work as the one previously cited. noun3 •Acronym of identity document. •Abbreviation of identification. •Abbreviation of identifier.
ID /aɪˈdiː/noun 10verb 3adjective 1forms 9 noun10 •An ident.If not done at the top of the hour, however, the station ID should come at the next possible break in the programme. — 2015 •a short form of "identification", used for a card or paper that shows who someone isShow me your ID. •Abbreviation of Idaho: a state of the United States. •Initialism of intellectual disability. •Initialism of intelligent design. •Initialism of inside diameter, inner diameter, or internal diameter. •(Internet) Initialism of image description. •Initialism of iron deficiency. •Initialism of industrial design. •Initialism of industry discount. verb3 •To identify (an object, etc.).Police have been unable to ID the body found in the river. •To request to see a person’s identification for proof of identity or age.The bartender will have to ID you before serving you a drink. •To identify (as something)I have one black grandfather, but I don't ID as mixed race adjective1 •Initialism of intellectually disabled. formsID'd · ID'ed · IDed · ID'ing · IDing · ID's · IDs · Ids · ids