{
    "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’."
}