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 means 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.

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

See identification in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(ī-dĕnˌtə-fĭ-kāˈshən)

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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