noun (plural identities)
1 [C,U] (abbreviation ID) who or what sb/sth is:
The police are trying to discover the identity of the killer. * Their identities were kept secret. * She is innocent; it was a case of mistaken identity. * Do you have any proof of identity? * The thief used a false identity. * She went through an identity crisis in her teens (= was not sure of who she was or of her place in society).
2 [C,U] the characteristics, feelings or beliefs that distinguish people from others:
a sense of national / cultural / personal / group identity * a plan to strengthen the corporate identity of the company
3 [U] ~ (with sb/sth)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for identity is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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