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.,  Infantry 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

id

²

/ ɪd /

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

-id

³

suffix

1. indicating members of a zoological family

   cyprinid

2. indicating members of a dynasty

   Seleucid

   Fatimid

id

⁴

abbreviation

1. Indonesia

-id

⁵

suffix

1. a variant of -ide

I'd

⁶

/ aɪd /

contraction

1. I had or I would

ID

⁷

abbreviation

1. Idaho

2. identification (document)

3. Also: i.d. inside diameter

4. Intelligence Department

5. Also: i.d. intradermal

Id.

⁸

abbreviation

1. Idaho

id.

⁹

abbreviation

1. idem

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.)

Usage

See contraction.

Word 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 -idēs < Greek: masculine patronymic suffix

Origin of id³

< Greek -idēs -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

Word 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 -idēs suffix indicating offspring

Example Sentences

He talked with an enthusiasm about digital ID cards I had never heard before as a potential tool for tackling illegal immigration.

From BBC

He said that he has submitted his photo ID, his credit cards, and multiple images of his face in order to prove his identity.

From BBC

The last Labour government started issuing ID cards to UK citizens, but the scheme was scrapped by the Tory-Liberal Democrat coalition over privacy concerns.

From BBC

He added that, two decades on from the row over New Labour's physical ID card scheme, the public was likely to "look differently" at a digital-based scheme.

From BBC

The government has previously rejected a digital ID proposal suggested by former Labour Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair, whose government legislated for compulsory identity cards when he was in office.

From BBC