See Also: Identification(health)
Identification(medicine)
identification(dictionary)
identification(dictionary)
Projective identification(health)
social identification(medicine)
field identification(medicine)
identification parade(dictionary)
Market Identification(money)
personal identification number(dictionary)

identification (iou)



identification noun. M17.
[Orig. from medieval Latin identificatio(n-), from identificat- pa. ppl stem of identificare (see IDENTIFY); later from IDENTIFY: see -FICATION.]
The action or an act of identifying, the fact of being identified. M17.
N. Algren If you sent a man to prison on a wrong identification you're a criminal yourself. J. K. Galbraith Political identification with those of the lowest estate has anciently brought..reproaches. Lancashire Evening Telegraph After formal identification of the body.., the inquest was adjourned.
Documentary evidence, as a passport, driving licence, etc., serving to identify a person. M20.
Globe & Mail (Toronto) My driver's licence, draft card, student I.D., and all other identification I had on me.
Comb.: identification bracelet, identification card, identification disc, etc.: worn or carried and bearing a name, assigned number, etc., identifying the wearer or carrier; identification parade an assembly of people among whom a suspect is to be identified.
identificational adjective of or involving identification M20.
identificatory adjective serving to identify M20.