Both the NOAD and the OED report that ID is an abbreviation for identity, identification. They weren't carrying any ID. I lost my ID card. The term id is used in psychoanalysis, and Id is a variant spelling of Eid. In some contexts, id could be understood as ID, for example in the phrase the user id used when talking of a CMS.

Feb 18, 2022 · Word forms: plural ID's or IDs. identification; US a card (ID card) or document, as a birth certificate, that serves to identify a person, prove one's age, etc. ADJECTIVE. of or for identification an ID card; VERB TRANSITIVE Word forms: ID'd or IDed, ID'ing or IDing. to identify; Also I.D. "ID/"I.D." was used at least a decade before 1955.

ID can be a shortened form of other words/phrases besides identifier. For example, "ID" can be a shortened form of identification card (e.g., "May I see an ID, please?"), or even the verb identify (as in, "The victim was able to ID the robbery suspect"). –

Dec 5, 2014 · Yes, it can depend on the style guide you're using, but since you're clearly not using a style guide, the plural of cat is cats, and the plural of ID is IDs. Simple as that. There is no reason to even consider an apostrophe. It conveys no additional information that the simple -s does not. As to "how to tell", what do you mean?

Jan 12, 2012 · If you're referring to id est, i.e. "i.e.", The Oatmeal has just published a comic on that. In all seriousness though, you use it to mean 'that is' or 'in other words' or 'in essence'. When you're explaining something, you use i.e. or its synonymous English phrases when you are about to express the explanation in different terms, as a means of ...

A personal pet peeve of mine is the seemingly obligatory "I would like to thank . . ." that begins many speeches.

In a discussion on closets, person A posted a picture of his closet and person B made a comment on it: Cowboy boots in the north WTF, and who needs that many hats? Person A then replies: I...

Jan 2, 2016 · [When Harry blurted out the name ‘Voldemort’ which wizards are afraid of voicing, Ron gasped and said] "You said You-Know-Who's name!" said Ron, sounding both shocked and impressed. "I'd have tho...

Oct 26, 2017 · Not "I'ld" as the proper contraction of "I would" is "I'd" (without an "L") Except in very formal writing, contractions are acceptable.

Ibid is a contraction of ibidem, a Latin word meaning “the same place.” This term is most commonly used for footnoting in scholarly texts, allowing the author to say “ibid” instead of citing a lengthy title. In legal texts, people may use “id,” a shortening of “idem,” a word which means “as mentioned previously.”