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used to explain that something is from the same book or article as the one that has just been mentioned; =IBID; IB

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ID UK US /ˌaɪˈdiː/ noun

► [U or C] an official card or document with your name and photograph or other information on it, used for proving who you are. '""ID"" is a short form for ""identity"" or ""identification"": »

For legal immigrants, a primary ID includes a green card, authorization of employment from the Department of Justice or certificate of naturalization.

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Voters without ID may cast provisional ballots, but then must appear before their county clerk or board of elections within 10 days.

carry/show/check ID »

You will need to show your ID before you can be admitted.

→ See also IDENTIFICATION(Cf. ↑identification)

► [C] (also identifier) IT a set of numbers, letters, or symbols that is used to represent a piece of data or a process in a computer program: »

The Vendor ID and Device ID registers identify the device, and are commonly called the PCI ID.

→ See also USER ID(Cf. ↑user ID)

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ID UK US verb [T] (ID's, ID'ing, ID'd)

► to officially state or prove who someone is, or to ask someone to show you an official card or document proving who they are: »

The defense attorney maintains that the defendant was wrongly ID'd by witnesses.

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If you look too young to buy alcohol, you will almost certainly be ID'd.