Collocations for "identity"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "identity" in context.
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identity
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- your own individual identity
- is his hidden identity
- part of your personal identity
- want a new identity
- your [cultural, sexual, gender] identity
- the national identity (in)
- changed his identity (completely)
- verify your identity (by)
- your identity has been verified
- the identity is (yet) unknown
- [confirm, guess] the identity of
- establish the identity of the [killer, offender, rapist]
- the identity of the [body, deceased]
- a case of [stolen, mistaken] identity
- your identity [card, document, papers]
- committed identity [fraud, theft]
- a victim of identity [fraud]
'identity' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
affect
- blow
- case
- change
- clue
- compromise
- conceal
- crisis
- cultural
- disclose
- disguise
- expose
- fake
- false
- fraud
- gender
- hide
- known
- mark
- mask
- mistaken
- mystery
- proof
- protection
- prove
- retain
- reveal
- sexual
- statement
- steal
- stolen
- stringent
- tag
- theft
- unveil
- victim