identity
noun/aɪˈdentəti/
(plural identities)
Слово англійською: identity
Переклад identity українською: тотожність, ідентичність, справжність, істинність, індивідуальність, особа, ~ card — посвідка про особу, службова перепустка
Детальний опис
- [countable, uncountable] (abbreviation ID)who or what somebody/something is
- The police are trying to discover the identity of the killer.
- to establish/reveal/confirm the identity of somebody/something
- Their names have been changed for the purposes of this article to protect their identities.
- Their identities were kept secret.
- Do you have any proof of identity?
- The thief used a false identity.
- He falls in love with her but can't reveal his true identity.
- Each object in the collection has a unique identity number.
- She went through an identity crisis in her teens (= was not sure of who she was or of her place in society).
- [countable, uncountable] the characteristics, feelings or beliefs that make people different from others
- national/cultural/personal identity
- ethnic/racial identity
- The region's sense of identity remained strong.
- a plan to strengthen the corporate identity of the company
- identity as somebody/something Scotland has never lost its identity as a separate nation.
- She was searching for a clearer conception of her identity as a writer.
- [singular, uncountable] the state or feeling of being very similar to and able to understand somebody/something
- The two companies started working together as a result of a clear identity of interests.
- identity with somebody/something He feels a strong sense of identity with his fellow soldiers.
- identity between A and B There's a close identity between fans and their team.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘quality of being identical’): from late Latin identitas, from Latin idem ‘same’.