ID card

noun

ˈī-ˈdē- 

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

called also identification card, identity card

Examples of ID card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For example, using a quantum computer to break the current RSA-2048 encryption employed in website security, banking and electronic ID cards would require magic states that would fail only once in 10 billion tries. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026

Meanwhile, Campbell picked up several items that Mobley had dropped during the attack, including his CTA ID card and work phone, prosecutors said. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026

Officials then used a photo from a fraudulent ID card presented by the suspect, rather than surveillance footage, to conduct facial recognition searches using Clearview AI, plaintiffs alleged. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2026

That proposed constitutional amendment would require voters to write either the last four digits of their Social Security number, their full driver’s license number or an ID card number on their ballot return envelopes. — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ID card

• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard
• courtyard
• debarred
• diehard