Synonyms for identification
aɪˌdɛn tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ɪˌdɛn-iden·ti·fi·ca·tion

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1. designation, identificationnoun

   the act of designating or identifying something

   Synonyms:
   appellation, appointment, appellative, designation, assignment, naming, denomination, recognition

2. identificationnoun

   evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing

   Synonyms:
   recognition, designation

3. identificationnoun

   the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established

   "the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest"; "identification of the gun was an important clue"

   Synonyms:
   recognition, designation

4. recognition, identificationnoun

   the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering

   "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer"

   Synonyms:
   credit, acknowledgment, designation, acknowledgement, realization, realisation, recognition

5. identificationnoun

   the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)

   Synonyms:
   recognition, designation

Matched Categories

1. • Condition
   • Determination
   • Evidence
   • Identity
   • Memory

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1. List of paraphrases for "identification":

   identifying, identify, identity, determination, id, identifier, 'identification, census, detection, definition, determining, determine, ident, identifications, designation, tagging, identified, marking, characterization, recognition, screening, labelling, individualization, identification, i.d., distinguishing

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How to use identification in a sentence?

1. Daniel Fernandes:

   We were inspired to study these individuals based on their unusual burial context as well as the identification of two different types of artificial cranial deformation in two of the individuals.

2. Emily Maw:

   Eyewitnesses are so often wrong. If you've excluded forensics that point in another direction from eyewitness identification, that's an enormous red flag.

3. Max Wilmes:

   Thunberg was only briefly detained. Once (Thunberg’s) identity was established, she was free to go, due to the recognition of her name, police sped up the identification process.

4. Elizabeth Rogers:

   The Suffolk County Marine Bureau is awaiting identification of the tooth from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Marine Bureau.

5. Nick Pope:

   Theres no getting away from the fact that TTSA has driven the agenda on this subject for the last two and half years, ever since the New York Timess December 2017 stories about AATIP (Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program) and related matters - stories in which TTSA played a key role, tTSA has played a big part in moving this subject forward, out of the fringe and into the mainstream.