"identity" meaning in English

See identity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /aɪˈdɛntəti/ Audio: EN-AU ck1 identity.ogg [Australia] Forms: identity [singular], identities [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|identity|identities}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Your identity is your name, your personality, and the things that make you different from other people.
    Sense id: simple-identity-en-noun-3yqyPbpc
     
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          "text": "I don't know the identity of the person who walked past while I was looking the other way."
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