identification

English edit

Etymology edit

From French identification.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, /aɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Hyphenation: iden‧ti‧fi‧ca‧tion

Noun edit

identification (countable and uncountable, plural identifications)

(strictly) The act of identifying (i.e., which one, which thing).
In IP protocol, after identification comes authentication.

Coordinate terms: authentication, authentification
(broadly, often) The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.
Much education and experience is required for proper identification of bird species.
The state of being identified.
The problem's identification was the first step toward dealing with it.
(countable) A particular instance of identifying something.
information necessary to make a good identification
A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
The authorities asked for his identification.

Synonyms: ID, documents, papers
A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding, or belonging towards somebody or something.
identification with the tribe
- 1998, Hugh Berrington, Britain in the nineties‎^[1], page 192:
  In the English South and Midlands, identification with Britain ran well ahead of identification with the region; in Yorkshire and the northern England, identification with the region ran about equal to identification with Britain; and in Scotland and Wales (but more especially in Scotland) identification with the region ('Scotland' or 'Wales') ran well ahead of identification with Britain.

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Translations edit

act of identifying, or proving to be the same

Afrikaans: identifikasie
Belarusian: ідэнтыфіка́цыя f (identyfikácyja)
Bulgarian: идентифика́ция f (identifikácija)
Catalan: identificació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 辨識／辨识 (zh) (biànshì), 鑑定／鉴定 (zh) (jiàndìng), 識別／识别 (zh) (shìbié)
Czech: identifikace f
Dutch: identificatie (nl) f, identificeren (nl) n
Estonian: tuvastus
Finnish: tunnistaminen (fi)
French: identification (fr) f
German: Identifizierung (de) f
Hungarian: azonosítás (hu), személyazonosság megállapítás a
Indonesian: identifikasi (id)
Irish: aitheantas m
Italian: identificazione (it)
Japanese: 識別 (ja) (しきべつ, shikibetsu)
Kazakh: сәйкестендіру (säikestendıru)
Macedonian: препознавање n (prepoznavanje)
Malay: pengenalpastian, identifikasi
Maori: tāutunga, tāututanga
Persian: شناسایی (fa) (šenâsâyi)
Polish: identyfikacja (pl) f
Portuguese: identificação (pt) f
Russian: идентифика́ция (ru) f (idɛntifikácija), опознава́ние (ru) n (opoznavánije), опозна́ние (ru) n (opoznánije), отождествле́ние (ru) n (otoždestvlénije)
Scottish Gaelic: aithneachadh m
Spanish: identificación (es)
Swedish: identification (sv)
Tigrinya: ምልላይ (məllay)
Ukrainian: ідентифіка́ція f (identyfikácija)
West Frisian: identifikaasje

combination of identifying and validating the identity

Finnish: määrittäminen

state of being identified

Afrikaans: identifikasie
Czech: identifikace f
Dutch: identificatie (nl) f
Finnish: tunnistaminen (fi)
Macedonian: препознавање n (prepoznavanje)
Maori: tāutunga, tāututanga
Persian: شناسایی (fa) (šenâsâyi)
Polish: identyfikacja (pl) f
Scottish Gaelic: aithneachadh m

particular instance of identifying something

Afrikaans: identifikasie
Bulgarian: разпозна́ване (bg) n (razpoznávane)
Czech: identifikace f
Dutch: identificatie (nl) f
Finnish: tunnistaminen (fi)
Hungarian: azonosítás (hu)
Macedonian: препознавање n (prepoznavanje)
Russian: распознава́ние (ru) n (raspoznavánije)
Scottish Gaelic: aithneachadh m

document serving as evidence of a person's identity

Afrikaans: identiteitsdokument
Arabic: بِطَاقَة هُوِيَّة f (biṭāqa huwiyya)
Belarusian: пасве́дчанне асо́бы n (pasvjédčannje asóby), пасве́дчанне n (pasvjédčannje)
Bulgarian: ли́чна ка́рта f (líčna kárta)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 身份證／身份证 (zh) (shēnfènzhèng)
Czech: průkaz totožnosti m, občanský průkaz m
Dutch: identiteitsbewijs (nl) n
Finnish: henkilötodistus (fi)
French: pièce d’identité (fr) f
Hungarian: igazolvány (hu), személyazonosító/személyazonossági irat/okmány
Japanese: 身分証明書 (ja) (みぶんしょうめいしょ, mibun shōmeisho)
Korean: 신분증(身分證) (ko) (sinbunjeung)
Macedonian: лична карта f (lična karta)
Maori: tāutunga, tāututanga
Persian: کارت شناسایی (kârt-e šenâsâyi), شناسنامه (fa) (šenâsnâme)
Polish: dowód osobisty (pl) m
Portuguese: identidade (pt) f, RG (pt), carteira de identidade
Russian: удостовере́ние ли́чности (ru) n (udostoverénije líčnosti), удостовере́ние (ru) n (udostoverénije)
Slovak: občiansky preukaz m
Ukrainian: посві́дчення осо́би n (posvídčennja osóby), посві́дчення n (posvídčennja)

feeling of support, sympathy, understanding or belonging

Bulgarian: разби́ране (bg) n (razbírane)
Czech: identifikace f, ztotožnění n
Dutch: vereenzelving f, identificatie (nl) f
Finnish: samastuminen (fi), samaistuminen (fi)
Hungarian: azonosulás (hu)
Macedonian: поистоветување n (poistovetuvanje)
Polish: identyfikacja (pl) f

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