Identity Sense Aɪˈdentəti Police Case Mistaken Proof Corporate

• the police are trying to discover the identity of the killer.
• their identities were kept secret.
• she is innocent; it was a case of mistaken identity.
• do you have any proof of identity?

identity

1. who or what somebody/something is
• The police are trying to discover the identity of the killer.
• Their identities were kept secret.
• She is innocent; it was a case of mistaken identity.
• Do you have any proof of identity?
• The thief used a false identity.
• She went through an identity crisis in her teens (= was not sure of who she was or of her place in society).
2. the characteristics, feelings or beliefs that distinguish people from others
• see also gender identity
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/gender-identity
• a sense of national/cultural/personal/group identity
• a plan to strengthen the corporate identity of the company
3. the state or feeling of being very similar to and able to understand somebody/something
• an identity of interests
• There's a close identity between fans and their team.

Extra Examples

• He changed his identity and moved abroad on his release from prison.
• He changed his identity on his release from prison.
• He felt that having a job gave him an identity.
• He had not resolved his identity issue.
• He refused to reveal the identity of his client.
• He was discovered living under an assumed identity in South America.
• Her voice was disguised to conceal her identity.
• His identity was stolen and used to purchase goods from a catalogue.
• His search for his cultural identity took him to where his parents were born.
• It is crucial that she reclaim her identity and confirm where she belongs.
• It is important to know the identity and nature of the enemy.
• It was easy to guess the identity of the thief.
• Many minority groups are struggling to maintain their cultural identity.
• Scotland has never lost its identity as a separate nation.
• Shanghai itself has multiple identities.
• She was given a false passport and assumed a new identity.
• Someone in the administration leaked the identity of an undercover CIA agent.
• The company adopted a new corporate identity, including a new logo.
• The company forged its own identity by producing specialist vehicles.
• The country suffered from an identity crisis for years after the civil war.
• The police officer asked him for proof of identity.
• The system will verify the identity of incoming visitors.
• The technology is typically used for identity verification.
• The victim picked out her attacker in an identity parade.
• These populations have managed to maintain distinct identities.
• They are still struggling to establish their identity as a political party.
• They didn’t reveal her secret identity to her family members.
• They share a collective identity, united by an independent spirit.
• This is obviously a case of mistaken identity.
• an ethnic identity based on their common national ancestry
• credit-card identity theft
• the ability to maintain a strong brand identity
• the identity politics of gender or race
• the importance of family history within identity formation
• the shared genetic identity of identical twins
• the struggle for black identity
• the stylistic identity between the first text and the others
• the use of a stolen identity in the commission of a crime
• the way in which African American writers have asserted their identity
• He feels a strong sense of identity with his fellow men.
• The close identity between the fans and the team has been eroded.
• The organization has no clear corporate identity.
• The people have a strong sense of national identity.
• The two companies started working together as a result of a clear identity of interest.
• a sense of national/cultural/personal/group identity

Word Origin

• late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘quality of being identical’): from late Latin identitas, from Latin idem ‘same’.