ID'ING Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

ID'ing

verb

variants or IDing

present participle of ID

as in identifying

to find out or establish the identity of studies that show that eyewitnesses are surprisingly unreliable when called upon to ID the perpetrators of crimes

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Many organizations devote enormous effort to identifying the right successor while overlooking the institution that successor will inherit.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Authorities have not released the victim's name or any other identifying information.

— Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of identifying

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Over in the post-production room, one of the clearest examples of that evolving creative process came in during the edits and music supervision, where even individual sequences were still finding their identity as the show came together.

— Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Zahary emphasized that LLMs, in his experience, have been valuable in assisting humans in developing new theories or finding answers to problems.

— Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of finding

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Experts at Black Hat highlighted the challenge of distinguishing good from bad agent actions and the inadequacy of current identity management, which relies on human accountability and speed.

— Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The challenge is distinguishing between a pay package that reflects decades of leadership and compensation that appears excessive when compared with similar organizations.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of distinguishing

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