# identification
## English
### Etymology

From French identification.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

identification (countable and uncountable, plural identifications)
* (strictly) The act of identifying (i.e., which one, which thing).
    Coordinate terms: authentication, authentification
    In many network protocols, identification is complemented by authentication.
* (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.
    Synonyms: ID, documents, papers
    The authorities asked for his identification.
* A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding, or belonging towards somebody or something.
    identification with the tribe
** 1979 December 22, Shannon Austin, Chris Garten, Mitzel, Mike Riegle, Tom Reeves, Michael Thompson, Charley Shively, Maya Silverthorne, “Questions re Brill's Death and Police Penetration of Our Community”, in Gay Community News, volume 2, number 22, page 5:In several actions where FagRaggers were personally involved […] Brill provided sensitive information about our activities to police. Such intervention revealed Brill's identification with authority and his inadequate understanding of how to change the condition of those without power.
** 1998, Hugh Berrington, Britain in the nineties‎, 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.

#### Derived terms

* bioidentification
* deidentification
* dental identification
* disidentification
* hyperidentification
* identificational
* identification card
* identification division
* identification friend or foe
* identification map
* identification parade
* identification space
* identificator
* identikit
* jigsaw identification
* misidentification
* native-language identification
* nonidentification
* overidentification
* personal identification number
* photoidentification
* positive material identification
* radio-frequency identification
* re-identification
* reidentification
* self-identification
* underidentification
* unique identification number
* vehicle identification number

#### Related terms

* ident
* identic
* identical
* identifier
* identify
* identity

#### Translations

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#### References

* identification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## French
### Etymology

From the Late Latin verb identificare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i.dɑ̃.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

identification f (plural identifications)
* identification

### Further reading

* “identification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.