identity
IPA: aɪdˈɛntʌti
noun
- Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.
- 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.
- A name or persona—a mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.
- (mathematics) An equation which always holds true regardless of the choice of input variables.
- (algebra, computing) Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.
- (algebra) An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this second element.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A well-known or famous person.
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Examples of "identity" in Sentences
- Guess the identity of the person.
- The identity of the person performing the act is disputed.
- The name created the ideal identity of classic woman's apparel.
- The Coca Cola in the name is a fundamental part of its identity.
- To confirm identity of subspecies implied in the name of the image.
- The identity group element corresponds to the identity permutation.
- The real identity of the person behind the pseudonym remains unknown.
- Do you deny that the Kamboj is clannish identity and not a caste name
- Brian Hibbs is the second person to take on the identity of the kangaroo.