identity
The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest…The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.
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» Tom kept his true identity secret.
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Examples
341 sentencesTom kept his true identity secret.
Tom didn't reveal his real identity to anyone.
The police could not establish the identity of the man.
ruПолиция не смогла установить личность мужчины. — odexed
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.
Benjamin Franklin established the identity of electricity and lightning.
Identität, Gleichheit, Übereinstimmung
тожде́ственностьtoždéstvennostʹ, иденти́чностьidɛntíčnostʹ
іденти́чністьidentýčnistʹ, тото́жністьtotóžnistʹ
(countable, uncountable)A name or persona—a mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.
This criminal has taken on several identities.
In this show, the competitor's identity will remain secret until after the vote.
Identität
ли́чностьlíčnostʹ, ли́чные да́нныеlíčnyje dánnyje
(countable, uncountable)The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.
I've been through so many changes, I have no sense of identity.
This nation has a strong identity.
Identität
иденти́чностьidɛntíčnostʹ, индивидуа́льностьindividuálʹnostʹ, ли́чностьlíčnostʹ
особи́стістьosobýstistʹ, індивідуа́льністьindyviduálʹnistʹ
the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known
More meanings 4
(countable, uncountable)An equation which always holds true regardless of the choice of input variables.
The equation (x+y)(x−y) = x²−y² is an algebraic identity. It is true regardless of the values of x and y.
(countable, uncountable)An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this second element.
Zero is the identity for the addition of real numbers.
(countable, uncountable)Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.
(Australia, New Zealand, countable, uncountable)A well-known or famous person.
Origin
From Middle English ydemptite, from Middle French identité and its etymon Late Latin idempFrom Middle English ydemptite, from Middle French identité and its etymon Late Latin idemptitās, identitās, from idem (“the same”) + -tās (suffix forming abstract nouns) as a calque of Ancient Greek ταὐτότης (tautótēs, “sameness”).
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Forms
plural: identities| Singular | identity |
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Synonyms
21 synonyms- the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity:personal identityindividuality
- an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates:identity elementidentity operator
- exact sameness:identicalnessindistinguishability
Antonyms
8 antonymsWord family
40 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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