Definitions for identification
aɪˌdɛn tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ɪˌdɛn-iden·ti·fi·ca·tion

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. designation, identificationnoun

   the act of designating or identifying something

2. identificationnoun

   evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing

3. identificationnoun

   the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established

   "the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest"; "identification of the gun was an important clue"

4. recognition, identificationnoun

   the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering

   "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer"

5. identificationnoun

   the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. identificationnoun

   The act of identifying, or proving to be the same.

   Much education and experience is required for proper identification of bird species

2. identificationnoun

   The state of being identified.

3. identificationnoun

   A particular instance of identifying something.

   information necessary to make a good identification

4. identificationnoun

   A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.

   The authorities asked for his identification

5. identificationnoun

   A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding or belonging towards somebody or something.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Identificationnoun

   the act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified

   Etymology: [Cf. F. identification.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. identification

   1. The process of determining the friendly or hostile character of an unknown detected contact. 2. In arms control, the process of determining which nation is responsible for the detected violations of any arms control measure. 3. In ground combat operations, discrimination between recognizable objects as being friendly or enemy, or the name that belongs to the object as a member of a class. Also called ID.

Editors Contribution(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. identification

   A document or documents as proof of the name, date of birth, address and where applicable the nationality of a person.

   Identification of a person is important for various governmental purposes.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Condition
   • Determination
   • Evidence
   • Identity
   • Memory

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'identification' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4098

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'identification' in Nouns Frequency: #1669

How to pronounce identification?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say identification in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of identification in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of identification in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of identification in a Sentence

1. Osie David:

   Instead of sending bits of information back up to a command post, the autonomy kits can enable sensors to perform detection and object identification in real time…and then push that information up to a human.

2. Jen Psaki:

   In coordination with the AURTF (African Union forces), U.S. military forces took custody of an individual claiming to be a defector from the LRA. That individual later identified himself as Ongwen, efforts to establish full and positive identification continue, so I don't have confirmation of that at this point.

3. Anthony Fauci:

   How do David Pugh do contact tracing when someone doesn't have any symptoms ? the standard, classic paradigm of identification, isolation, contact tracing doesn't work no matter how good you are because you don't know who you're tracing.

4. Khalid Abu Bakar:

   We have fulfilled the requirement of the laws on his identification.

5. Daniel Fernandes:

   We were inspired to study these individuals based on their unusual burial context as well as the identification of two different types of artificial cranial deformation in two of the individuals.

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