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

called also identification card, identity card

Examples of ID card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This can be done with a .edu email address or a student ID card. Erika Kullberg, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024 What's next: ID card applications will be available Saturday at the health department's block party on John R between Mack Avenue and Erskine Street, from noon to 4pm. Joe Guillen, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024 What's new about Wisconsin's driver's license and ID card? Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2024 Caveat: Californians who add a driver's license to their Apple or Google wallets must still carry their physical ID card as required by law. Shawna Chen, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ID card 

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Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 17 Sep. 2024.

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