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id noun /ɪd/ /ɪd/ (psychology) jump to other results - the part of the unconscious mind where many of a person’s basic needs, feelings and desires are supposed to exist compare ego, superego
Word Origin1920s: from Latin, literally ‘that’, translating German es. The term was first used in this sense by Freud, following use in a similar sense by his contemporary, Georg Groddeck.
Id noun /iːd/ /iːd/ (also Eid) jump to other results - one of the two main Muslim festivals, either Id ul-Fitr /iːd ʌl fɪtə(r)/ at the end of Ramadan, or Id ul-Adha /iːd ʌl ʌdə/, which celebrates the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca and Abraham’s sacrifice of a sheepTopics Religion and festivalsc2
ID noun /ˌaɪ ˈdiː/ /ˌaɪ ˈdiː/ jump to other results [uncountable, countable] an official way of showing who you are, for example a document with your name, date of birth and often a photograph on it (the abbreviation for ‘identity’ or ‘identification’) - You must carry ID at all times.
- The police checked IDs at the gate.
- The government is trying to introduce compulsory ID cards.
- You will need some form of photo ID.
- [countable] identification (= the fact of showing, proving or recognizing who or what somebody/something is)
- The police need a witness to make a positive ID.
see also caller ID
ID verb /ˌaɪ ˈdiː/ /ˌaɪ ˈdiː/ (informal) jump to other results - ID somebody to identify somebody, usually a criminal or a dead body
- The police haven’t yet managed to ID the suspect.
- ID somebody to ask somebody to show a document that shows proof of their name, age, etc.
- The security guards ID’d everyone at the entrance to the festival.
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