: a card bearing identifying data (such as age or organizational membership) about the individual whose name appears thereon

called also identification card, identity card

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Each set will feature a hinged book-style box with a CD tray and lift-up door with unique colors and texture that reveals hidden goodies, including a bandana, stickers, a poster, 24-page booklet and a character ID card; click here for more information on the special editions. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2025 Walk-in customers are able to apply for or renew driver’s licenses, state ID cards or Real IDs, renew vehicle registration, apply for disability placards and change from a temporary visitor driver’s license to a standard driver’s license. Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025 As the operator of the watercraft, Aviva would have had to have a boating education ID card and a photo identification card with her. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025 Students arriving at the usual start times would show their plastic ID cards. Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ID card

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ID card was in 1937

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“ID card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ID%20card. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.

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