[id] 
| the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression. |
[ahy-dee] | 1. | a means of identification, as a card or bracelet containing official or approved identification information. |
| 2. | to identify. |
| 3. | to issue an ID to: Go to the admissions office if you haven't been ID'd yet. |
| 1. | Idaho (approved esp. for use with zip code). |
| 2. | Also, i.d. inside diameter. |
| a suffix of nouns that have the general sense “offspring of, descendant of,” occurring originally in loanwords from Greek (Atreid; Nereid), and productive in English on the Greek model, esp. in names of dynasties, with the dynasty's founder as the base noun (Abbasid; Attalid), and in names of periodic meteor showers, with the base noun usually denoting the constellation or other celestial object in which the shower appears (Perseid). |
| a suffix occurring in English derivatives of modern Latin taxonomic names, esp. zoological families and classes; such derivatives are usually nouns denoting a single member of the taxon or adjectives with the sense “pertaining to” the taxon: arachnid; canid. |
| a suffix occurring in descriptive adjectives borrowed from Latin, often corresponding to nouns ending in -or1 : fetid; humid; pallid. |
| (in Iraq) dinar; dinars. |
| id (ĭd) n. In Freudian theory, the division of the psyche that is totally unconscious and serves as the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primitive needs. [New Latin (translation of German Es, a special use of es, it, as a psychoanalytic term), from Latin, it; see i- in Indo-European roots.] |
| ID 1 (ī'dē') n. A form of identification, especially an ID card. tr.v. ID'ed, ID'·ing, ID's To check the identification of, especially in order to verify legal age; card: The bouncer ID'ed everyone who looked younger than 30. |
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| I·da·ho 1 (ī'də-hō') A state of the northwest United States. It was admitted as the 43rd state in 1890. Explored by the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805, the region was held jointly by Great Britain and the United States from 1818 to 1846. Idaho became a separate territory in 1863. Boise is the capital and the largest city. Population: 1,500,000. I'da·ho'an adj. & n. |
| i·den·ti·fi·ca·tion (ī-děn'tə-fĭ-kā'shən) n.
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| Main Entry: | ID |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See intelligent design |
In Freudian theory, the part of the psyche associated with instinctual, repressed, or antisocial desires, usually sexual or aggressive. In its efforts to satisfy these desires, the id comes into conflict with the social and practical constraints enforced by the ego and superego. (See also pleasure principle.)
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id (ĭd)
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In psychoanalytic theory, the division of the psyche that is totally unconscious and serves as the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primitive needs.
ID 2
abbr.
infecting dose
-id suff.
Body; particle: chromatid.
id networking
The country code for Indonesia.
(1999-01-27)
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