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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
- an identifying or being identified
- anything by which a person or thing can be identified: a driver's license is accepted as identification
- 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
- a. The act of identifying.b. The state of being identified.
- Abbr. ID Proof or evidence of identity.
- Psychology A person's association with or assumption of the qualities, characteristics, or views of another person or group.
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