identification

identification
identification UK US /aɪˌdentɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun
[U] an official card or document with your name and photograph or other information on it, used for proving who you are: provide/show identification »

To open a new account, the bank will require you to show four pieces of identification.

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Please can I see some identification?

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identification card/number/papers

See also ID(Cf. ↑ID) noun
[C or U] the process of recognizing someone or something, and stating or proving who or what they are: »

A strict legal injunction was issued banning the publication of any material that might lead to the identification of the witnesses.

form/means/proof of identification »

You will be asked to show your passport as proof of identification.

See also EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER(Cf. ↑employer identification number), PIN(Cf. ↑PIN)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • Identification — can mean * Identification (psychoanalysis); * Identification (information); * Identification (parameter), in statistics and econometrics, how parameters can be inferred from data; * Identification (literature), in literary criticism; *… …   Wikipedia

  • identification — (n.) 1640s, treating of a thing as the same as another, from Fr. identification, probably from identifier (see IDENTIFY (Cf. identify)). Sense of becoming or feeling oneself one with another is from 1857. Sense of determination of identity is… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Identification — I*den ti*fi*ca tion, n. [Cf. F. identification.] The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • identification — I noun appellation, ascertainment, classification, cognizance, comparison, definition, delineation, denomination, designation, disclosure, identity classification, identity comparison, identity verification, label, proof of identity, recognition …   Law dictionary

  • identification — [ī den΄tə fi kā′shən] n. [Fr] 1. an identifying or being identified 2. anything by which a person or thing can be identified [a driver s license is accepted as identification] 3. Psychoanalysis a mainly unconscious process by which a person… …   English World dictionary

  • Identification —   [engl.], Identifikation (Authentifizierung) …   Universal-Lexikon

  • identification — *recognition, apperception, assimilation Analogous words: perception, *discernment, discrimination: image, percept, sense datum, sensum, *sensation …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • identification — [n] labeling; means of labeling apperception, assimilation, badge, bracelet, cataloging, classifying, credentials, description, dog tag, establishment, ID*, identity bracelet, letter of introduction, letter of recommendation, naming, papers,… …   New thesaurus

  • identification — ► NOUN 1) the action or process of identifying or the fact of being identified. 2) an official document or other proof of one s identity …   English terms dictionary

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