identification

The definition of identification is the document with your picture and personal information.

(noun)

A driver’s license is an example of identification.

Identification is defined as the act of determining who someone or what something is.

(noun)

A person choosing a suspect from a police lineup is an example of identification.

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See identification in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  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 formulates a mental image of another person and then thinks, feels, and acts in a way which resembles this image

Origin: Fr

See identification in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. The act of identifying.
    b. The state of being identified.
  2. Abbr. ID Proof or evidence of identity.
  3. Psychology A person's association with or assumption of the qualities, characteristics, or views of another person or group.

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