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ID

12 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. ID (verb)
  2. 1) id (noun)
  3. ID (abbreviation)
  4. 2) id (abbreviation)
  5. I'd
  6. -id (noun suffix)
  7. -id (noun suffix)
  8. ID card (noun)
  9. id est (foreign term)
  10. caller ID (noun)
  11. -ide (noun suffix)
  12. et hoc genus omne (foreign term)

1ID

verb \ˈī-ˈdē\
ID'd or IDedID'ing or IDing

Definition of ID

transitive verb
: identify <ID'd the thief>
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Examples of ID

  1. The police have not yet ID'd the victim.
  2. <studies that show that eyewitnesses are surprisingly unreliable when called upon to ID the perpetrators of crimes>

First Known Use of ID

1944

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