identification B2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /aɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/ See IPA manual Freq #6772 Meanings 1 noun An official document that proves who you are. The guard asked him for some identification. 2 noun The act of recognizing and naming someone or something. Correct identification of the bird took an expert. 3 noun A feeling of sympathy with or belonging to a person or group. Her strong identification with the team made every loss painful. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an official document that... idpapersdocuments 2 noun · the act of recognizing and... designation Word family Forms identifications Derived forms bioidentificationdeidentificationdisidentificationhyperidentificationidentificationalidentificatoridentikitmisidentificationnonidentificationoveridentificationphotoidentificationre-identification Related forms identidenticidenticalidentifieridentifyidentity Common collocations biometric identification Adjective + noun speaker identification Noun + noun Etymology AI details From French identification. Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # identification **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /aɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/ **Frequency rank:** 6772 ## Meanings 1. An official document that proves who you are. 2. The act of recognizing and naming someone or something. 3. A feeling of sympathy with or belonging to a person or group. ## Examples - The guard asked him for some identification. - Correct identification of the bird took an expert. - Her strong identification with the team made every loss painful. ## Derived Forms - bioidentification - deidentification - disidentification - hyperidentification - identificational - identificator - identikit - misidentification - nonidentification - overidentification - photoidentification - re-identification ## Related Forms - ident - identic - identical - identifier - identify - identity ## Etymology From French identification. ## AI Etymology Identification comes from French identification. In current use, the main senses are “An official document that proves who you are” and “The act of recognizing and naming someone or something”. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown