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{
"term": "identity",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "who or what somebody/something is",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The police are trying to discover the identity of the killer."
},
{
"text": "to **establish/reveal/confirm the identity** of somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Their names have been changed for the purposes of this article to protect their identities."
},
{
"text": "Their identities were kept secret."
},
{
"text": "Do you have any proof of identity?"
},
{
"text": "The thief used a false identity."
},
{
"text": "He falls in love with her but can't reveal his true identity."
},
{
"text": "Each object in the collection has a unique **identity number**."
},
{
"text": "She went through an **identity crisis** in her teens *(= was not sure of who she was or of her place in society)*."
},
{
"text": "She changed her identity on her release from prison."
},
{
"text": "He felt that having a job gave him an identity."
},
{
"text": "She had not resolved her identity issue."
},
{
"text": "He refused to reveal the identity of his client."
},
{
"text": "She was discovered living under an assumed identity in South America."
},
{
"text": "Her voice was disguised to conceal her identity."
},
{
"text": "His identity was stolen and used to purchase goods online."
},
{
"text": "It is important to know the identity and nature of the enemy."
},
{
"text": "Shanghai itself has multiple identities."
},
{
"text": "Someone in the administration leaked the identity of an undercover CIA agent."
},
{
"text": "The system will verify the identity of incoming visitors."
},
{
"text": "They didn't reveal her secret identity to her family members."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["true", "assumed", "false"],
"verb + identity": ["build", "construct", "create"],
"identity + noun": ["bracelet", "tag", "card"],
"preposition": ["identity as", "identity between"],
"phrases": [
"proof of identity",
"a search for identity",
"a sense of identity"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the characteristics, feelings or beliefs that make people different from others",
"sensetop": "identity as somebody/something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**national/cultural/personal identity**"
},
{
"text": "**ethnic/racial identity**"
},
{
"text": "The region's **sense of identity** remained strong."
},
{
"text": "a plan to strengthen the corporate identity of the company"
},
{
"text": "Scotland has never lost its identity as a separate nation.",
"contextForm": "identity as somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "She was searching for a clearer conception of her identity as a writer."
},
{
"text": "His search for his cultural identity took him to where his parents were born."
},
{
"text": "Many minority groups are struggling to maintain their cultural identity."
},
{
"text": "The company forged its own identity by producing specialist vehicles."
},
{
"text": "These populations have managed to maintain distinct identities."
},
{
"text": "They are still struggling to establish their identity as a political party."
},
{
"text": "The people have a strong sense of national identity."
},
{
"text": "the way in which African American writers have asserted their identity"
},
{
"text": "They share a collective identity, united by an independent spirit."
},
{
"text": "an ethnic identity based on their common national ancestry"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["true", "assumed", "false"],
"verb + identity": ["build", "construct", "create"],
"identity + noun": ["bracelet", "tag", "card"],
"preposition": ["identity as", "identity between"],
"phrases": [
"proof of identity",
"a search for identity",
"a sense of identity"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the state or feeling of being very similar to and able to understand somebody/something",
"sensetop": "identity with somebody/somethingidentity between A and B",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The two companies started working together as a result of a clear identity of interests."
},
{
"text": "He feels a strong sense of identity with his fellow soldiers.",
"contextForm": "identity with somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "There's a close identity between fans and their team.",
"contextForm": "identity between A and B"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/aɪˈdentəti/",
"audio": "id/identity/identity__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/aɪˈdentəti/",
"audio": "id/identity/identity__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘quality of being identical’): from late Latin identitas, from Latin idem ‘same’."
}