identity
Từ điển Collocation
identity noun
ADJ. true | assumed, false He was discovered living under an assumed identity in South America. | mistaken This is obviously a case of mistaken identity. | new | common, corporate, cultural, national, personal, political, racial, sexual
VERB + IDENTITY create, develop, establish, forge They are still struggling to establish their identity as a political party. The company forged its own identity by producing specialist vehicles. | give sb/sth He felt that having a job gave him an identity. | maintain, preserve Many minority groups are struggling to maintain their cultural identity. | lose | change He changed his identity and moved abroad on his release from prison. | assume She was given a false passport and assumed a new identity. | disclose, reveal He refused to reveal the identity of his client. | discover, find out | guess It was easy to guess the identity of the thief. | conceal, hide, keep secret, protect Her voice was disguised to conceal her identity.
IDENTITY + NOUN bracelet, tag | card, documents, papers | code | parade The victim picked out her attacker in an identity parade. | crisis The country suffered from an identity crisis for years after the civil war.
PREP. ~ as Scotland has never lost its identity as a separate nation.
PHRASES proof of identity The police officer asked him for proof of identity. | a search for identity His search for his cultural identity took him to where his parents were born. | a sense of identity
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; personal identity, individuality
you can lose your identity when you join the army
- the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known
geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it
it was too dark to determine his identity
she guessed the identity of his lover
- an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; identity element, identity operator
the identity under numerical multiplication is 1
- exact sameness; identicalness, indistinguishability
they shared an identity of interests
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
identities
syn.: identicalness identity element identity operator indistinguishability individuality personal identity
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