Identifier

Quick meaning: Identifier is a noun meaning Someone who identifies; a person who establishes the identity of someone or something.

Meaning

Someone who identifies; a person who establishes the identity of someone or something.

More Meanings

1. Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else.
2. One who identifies as a particular type or role; one who says and believes that they are a certain thing.
3. (HTML) A code that distinguishes a particular element from all other elements in a document.
4. (databases) A primary key.
5. A guidebook that helps determine the specific class of an object (such as a mushroom, herb, fish, bird, drug, or mineral), or its individual identity (such as that of a star).
6. (programming, operating systems) A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a process, user, group, etc.

Example Sentences

While the DOJ and BOJS already calculate data by gender, trans identifiers are not included, it is solely by men and women

The source stated that the alleged victims wanted the paperwork released after the settlement, but with names and identifiers removed.

Prehistoric artists used hand-prints in cave paintings, perhaps as a 'signature'. They might be considered the earliest example of a biometric identifier.

The Identifier personally inspects each horse in each race by verifying the lip tattoo, body color, head and leg markings, scars, and chestnut (night eyes).

Word Forms

• identifiers

Antonyms for identifier

Common opposites include identifiee.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include identification, identify, designator, designation, identifying, token.

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