IDENTIFICATION Synonyms

• a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity

• validating the authenticity of something or someone

• an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)

• any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank)

• put a badge on

• one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes

• a card certifying the identity of the bearer

• a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)

• thin cardboard, usually rectangular

• a witty amusing person who makes jokes

• a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

• a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited

• (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)

• a list of dishes available at a restaurant

• (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat

• a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities

• separate the fibers of

• ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor

• the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on

• confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

• a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

• validating the authenticity of something or someone

• additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

• information that confirms or verifies

• making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it

• a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism

• a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church

• a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

• writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

• anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks

• a written account of ownership or obligation

• (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters

• record in detail

• support or supply with references

• (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity

• a state in the Rocky Mountains

• a card or badge used to identify the bearer

• the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity

• the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known

• an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates

• exact sameness

• a legal document giving official permission to do something

• freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

• excessive freedom; lack of due restraint

• the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

• authorize officially

• of advancing the ball by throwing it

• (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

• (military) a written leave of absence

• (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

• the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks

• any authorization to pass or go somewhere

• a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions

• a flight or run by an aircraft over a target

• a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

• a difficult juncture

• one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)

• an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

• a permit to enter or leave a military installation

• a complimentary ticket

• a usually brief attempt

• (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

• success in satisfying a test or requirement

• go across or through

• move past

• make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

• for time to move forward

• place into the hands or custody of

• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• travel past

• come to pass

• go unchallenged; be approved

• use up a period of time in a specific way

• pass over, across, or through

• transmit information

• disappear gradually

• go successfully through a test or a selection process

• be superior or better than some standard

• accept or judge as acceptable

• allow to go without comment or censure

• transfer to another; of rights or property

• pass into a specified state or condition; sink into

• throw (a ball) to another player

• be inherited by

• cause to pass

• grant authorization or clearance for

• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

• eliminate from the body

• a legal document giving official permission to do something

• the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

• large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies

• consent to, give permission; permit

• make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

• allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

• any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something

• a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it

• a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)

• (printing) an impression made to check for errors

• a trial photographic print from a negative

• the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something

• (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand

• make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset

• knead to reach proper lightness

• read for errors

• activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk

• make resistant (to harm)

• an individual instance of a type of symbol

• something serving as a sign of something else

• a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines

• something of sentimental value

• insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal)

• the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something

• the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof

• additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

• (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement

• identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

• the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

• the act of designating or identifying something