"ident" meaning in English

See ident in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈaɪdənt/ Forms: more ident [comparative], most ident [superlative]
Etymology: From a later form of ithand, itself an alteration (due to assimilation to suffix -and) of Middle English ithen, from Old Norse iðinn (“assiduous, diligent”), from iðja, iðna (“to do, perform”), from ið (“a restless motion”), equivalent to ithe + -and and/or ithe + -en. Cognate with Icelandic iðinn (“diligent”), Norwegian idig (“busy”), Danish id (“pursuit, calling, business”). More at ithand. Etymology templates: {{m|en|ithand}} ithand, {{m|en|-and}} -and, {{der|en|enm|ithen}} Middle English ithen, {{der|en|non|iðinn||assiduous, diligent}} Old Norse iðinn (“assiduous, diligent”), {{m|non|iðja}} iðja, {{m|non|iðna||to do, perform}} iðna (“to do, perform”), {{m|non|ið||a restless motion}} ið (“a restless motion”), {{suffix|en|ithe|and}} ithe + -and, {{suffix|en|ithe|en}} ithe + -en, {{cog|is|iðinn||diligent}} Icelandic iðinn (“diligent”), {{cog|no|idig||busy}} Norwegian idig (“busy”), {{cog|da|id||pursuit, calling, business}} Danish id (“pursuit, calling, business”), {{l|en|ithand}} ithand Head templates: {{en-adj}} ident (comparative more ident, superlative most ident)
  1. (Now chiefly dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Diligent; persistent. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland Synonyms: eident [Scotland] Derived forms: idently
    Sense id: en-ident-en-adj-1B9j2bh1 Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -and, English terms suffixed with -en Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 1 21 13 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈaɪdɛnt/ Forms: idents [plural]
Etymology: Shortened form of identification. Etymology templates: {{m|en|identification}} identification Head templates: {{en-noun}} ident (plural idents)
  1. Identification.
    Sense id: en-ident-en-noun-Yay9o6O~
  2. (radio, television) A brief audio or audiovisual sequence serving to identify the broadcaster. Categories (topical): Radio, Television
    Sense id: en-ident-en-noun-tlt6Y6AI Topics: broadcasting, media, radio, television
  3. (Internet) A protocol serving to identify the user of a particular TCP connection, used especially on IRC networks. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-ident-en-noun-VXBTPDQH
  4. Identifier.
    Sense id: en-ident-en-noun-IkuW7OdK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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