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   identity

   /ʌɪˈdɛntɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the fact of being who or what a person or thing is: "he knows the identity of the bombers" Similar namespecificationidentificationrecognitionnamingsingling outpicking outpinpointingplacingdiscerningdistinguishinginformal:fingering
   • ▪ the characteristics determining who or what a person or thing is: "he wanted to develop a more distinctive Scottish Tory identity" Similar individualityselfselfhoodegopersonalitycharacteroriginalitydistinctivenessdistinctionsingularitypeculiarityuniquenessdifferentness
   • ▪ (of an object) serving to establish who the holder, owner, or wearer is by bearing their name and often other details such as a signature or photograph: "an identity card"
   • 2. a close similarity or affinity: "an identity between the company's own interests and those of the local community" Similar identicalnesssamenessselfsamenessonenesscongruitycongruenceindistinguishabilityinterchangeabilitylikenessalikenessuniformitysimilarityclosenessaccordancealignmentparallelismsymmetryOpposite mismatch
   • 3. a transformation that leaves an object unchanged.
   • ▪ an element of a set which, if combined with another element by a specified binary operation, leaves that element unchanged.
   • 4. the equality of two expressions for all values of the quantities expressed by letters, or an equation expressing this, e.g. (x + 1)2 = x 2 + 2x + 1.

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘quality of being identical’): from late Latin identitas, from Latin idem ‘same’.

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   What is identity noun?

   • Definition of identity noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [countable, uncountable] The police are trying to discover the identity of the killer. 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?

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   What is a strong sense of identity?

   • [countable, uncountable] the characteristics, feelings or beliefs that make people different from others The region's sense of identity remained strong. 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.

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   What is identity?

   • identity with somebody/something He feels a strong sense of identity with his fellow men. identity between A and B There's a close identity between fans and their team. Definition of identity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What does identities mean?

   • , plural i·den·ti·ties. The identity of the fingerprints on the gun with those on file provided evidence that he was the killer. He began to doubt his own identity. immigrants with strong ethnic identities. the state or fact of being the same one as described.

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   Learn the meaning of identity as a noun and an adjective in English, with synonyms, collocations and usage examples. Find out how identity relates to who you are, what you are, and how you are the same or different from others.

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   Identity definition: the state or fact of remaining the same one or ones, as under varying aspects or conditions. See examples of IDENTITY used in a sentence.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the word identity in English. Find out how to use identity to refer to who or what somebody/something is, their characteristics, feelings or beliefs, or their state of being similar to others.

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   The identity of a person or place is the characteristics they have that distinguish them from others. I wanted a sense of my own identity. ...the distinct cultural, religious and national identity of many Italians.

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   IDENTITY meaning: 1. a person's name and other facts about who they are: 2. the fact of being, or feeling that you…. Learn more.

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    1. the state of having unique identifying characteristics held by no other person or thing. 2. the individual characteristics by which a person or thing is recognized. 3.