ident
/ˈaɪdent/ (bre, ipa) · [aɪdˈɛnt] /ˈaɪdent/ (ame, ipa) · [aɪdˈɛnt] /īˈdent/ (ame, mw)
ident — noun
- identsingular
- identsplural
1. a brief audio clip, picture, or short video that a TV channel, radio station, or
a brief audio clip, picture, or short video that a TV channel, radio station, or company uses so that its audience can immediately recognise it.
The radio station plays its three-note ident every hour so that drivers can recognise it.
station ident in broadcasting context
Mei recognised the TV channel instantly from its short animated ident.
animated ident as visual branding
The bank's ident — a short piano melody — feels familiar to customers across the country.
After changing its logo, the network also created a fresh ident for each channel.
Putri heard the familiar ident and knew she was listening to her favourite station.
用法筆記
Common in broadcasting and brand-marketing contexts. Often used as a countable noun (e.g. 'a channel ident'). In informal settings, 'logo' or 'jingle' may replace 'ident' depending on the medium.
常見錯誤
2. the process or act of establishing or showing exactly which person, animal, or t
the process or act of establishing or showing exactly which person, animal, or thing someone or something is, especially in official or investigative situations.
The witness gave a clear ident of the suspect from a set of photographs.
visual ident: matching from photographs
Police asked for a formal ident of the bag found near the crime scene.
formal ident: official identification procedure
The lab is running DNA tests to confirm the ident of the remains.
Without proper ident, security refused to let anyone into the building.
Emre asked a colleague to double-check his ident of the rare mushroom species.
- identification
the full, more common form; preferred in both everyday and formal writing
- ID
informal abbreviation; very common in spoken and casual written English
用法筆記
More formal than the everyday word 'identification'. Typical in police, forensic science, and official documentation contexts. In spoken English, 'ID' is often used instead.
常見錯誤
ident — verb
- identpresent simple I / you / we / they
- idents3rd person singular
- identing-ing form
- identedpast simple
1. to find out and state the name or nature of someone or something, especially by
to find out and state the name or nature of someone or something, especially by matching them to existing records, images, or scientific evidence.
Forensic experts can ident a person from a single strand of hair.
ident from [evidence type]: forensic context
The detective asked the shop owner to ident the man in the security video.
ident + object: identifying a person from video
Scientists can ident the bird species by looking at its feathers under a microscope.
Nala asked a colleague to ident the insect she found in the garden.
文法句型
ident + noun phrase
用法筆記
Technical or professional term; in everyday speech and writing, 'identify' is far more common. Used mainly in forensic science, police work, and formal security contexts.