: a card bearing identifying data (such as age or organizational membership) about the individual whose name appears thereon

called also identification card, identity card

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Applying for a Real ID requires only one more document than applying for a non-Real ID card — two proofs of residence instead of one. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025 Department of Homeland Security The Real ID is an enhanced ID card issued by state drivers license agencies. Taylor Johnston, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2025 The expiration date of the initial REAL ID product will include any time remaining on a current license or ID card, plus an additional four years. Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025 The Israeli soldiers detaining them later questioned the paramedics, asking them for their names, ages and ID card numbers, and appeared to scan their faces with a device Mr. Abed did not recognize, Mr. Abed said. Vivian Yee, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ID card

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ID card was in 1937

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“ID card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ID%20card. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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