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ID

UK/ɪd/ US/ˈaɪˈdi/ common

noun

1.

a state in the Rocky Mountains

Synonyms
2.

a card or badge used to identify the bearer

  • “you had to show your ID in order to get in”
Synonyms
3.

(psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity

Origin

From New Latin id (“it”), chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Es (“it”) as a noun for this concept from the pronoun es (“it”).

Phrases

  • caller ID
  • ID card
  • ID restoration
  • user ID

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