ID


Meaning of ID in English

I. ID 1 /ˌaɪ ˈdiː/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]

[ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: identification and identity ]

a document that shows your name and date of birth, usually with a photograph SYN identification :

I’ll need to see some ID.

a fake ID

II. ID 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive] spoken

to ↑ identify a criminal or dead body:

Police are still looking for someone who can ID the body.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.