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I'd is defined as I had or I would.

(contraction)

An example of I'd is what you would say if you have a preference of what you would like to do; "I'd rather say than leave."

The definition of the id is the unconscious part of the mind that causes primal needs to be met, according to Freudian theory.

(noun)

An example of id is the instinct of fight or flight.

ID is defined as an abbreviation for identification.

(abbreviation)

An example of an ID is a driver's license.

See id in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Psychoanalysis that part of the psyche which is regarded as the reservoir of the instinctual drives and the source of psychic energy: it is dominated by the pleasure principle and irrational wishing, and its impulses are controlled through the development of the ego and superego

Origin: ModL < L, it, neut. sing. of is, he: used as transl. of Ger es, it

or Ida

Idaho

noun pl. ID's or IDs

identification
☆ a card (
) or document, as a birth certificate, that serves to identify a person, prove one's age, etc.

adjective

of or for identification: an ID card

transitive verb ID'd or IDed, ID'ing or IDing

to identify

Also I.D.

Idaho
identification
Intelligence Department

Origin: L idem

the same

Origin: < L -is, pl. -ides < Gr -is, pl. -idēs, patronymic suffix
a thing belonging to or connected with; specif.,
1. Astron. a meteor that seems to radiate from a (specified) constellation: Leonid
2. Biol. a particle or body: energid
3. Med. an allergic reaction of the skin to (specified) bacteria, fungi, etc. in the body
Origin: < ModL -idae: see -idae
an animal or plant belonging to a (specified) group: ephemerid
Chem. -ide

I had
I would
I should

See id in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

In Freudian theory, the division of the psyche that is totally unconscious and serves as the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primitive needs.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin (translation of German Es, a special use of es, it, as a psychoanalytic term)

Origin: , from Latin, it; see i- in Indo-European roots

noun

A form of identification, especially an ID card.

transitive verb ID'ed, ID'·ing, ID's ID's

To check the identification of, especially in order to verify legal age; card: The bouncer ID'ed everyone who looked younger than 30.

abbreviation