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2 a famous person or thing that people admire Madonna and other pop icons

ic • y / ' aisi / adjective ( ic • i er , ic • i • est )

very cold an icy wind

covered with ice icy roads

ID / |ai di / abbreviation

( informal )

a document that shows who you are Do you have any ID? an ID card

ID is short for "identity" or "identification."

I'd / aid /

short for I had , I would

i .de .аФ / ai'dis/ noun [ count ]

1 a plan or new thought

It would be a good idea to get there early.

have an idea. Let's have a party!

a picture in your mind

The movie gives you a good idea of what New Orleans is like.

I have no idea (= I do not know ) where she is.

an opinion or a belief

She has her own ideas about how to bring up children.

i • de • al / ai ' dial / adjective

the best or exactly right

This is an ideal place for a picnic.

—SYNONYM perfect

i • de • al • ly / ai ' diali / adverb She's ideally suited to the job.

i • de • al • ism / ai 'dializam/ noun [ noncount ]

the belief that a perfect life or situation is possible, even

when this is not likely

college students full of idealism

i • de • al • ist / ai 'dialist / noun [ count ] He's an idealist.

i • den • ti • cal AWL / ai 'dentikl / adjective

exactly the same

These two cameras are identical. identical twins

i • den • ti • fi • ca • tion awl

/ ai|dentafa ' keijn / noun

[ count, noncount ] the process of showing or finding out who someone or something is

The identification of bodies after the accident was difficult.

( abbreviation ID ) [ noncount ] a document that shows who you are

Do you have any identification?

i • den • ti • fy Ф AWL / ai 'dentafai / verb ( i • den • ti • fies , i • den • ti fy • ing , i • den • ti fied , has i den ti fied )

to say or know who someone is or what something is The police have not identified the dead man yet. identify with someone to feel that you understand and share what someone else is feeling I found it hard to identify with the woman in the movie.

i • den • ti • ty AWL / ai'dentati / noun

[ count, noncount ] ( plural i .den .ti • ties )

who or what a person or thing is The identity of the killer is not known.

id • i • om / idiam / noun [ count ]

( english language arts ) a group of words with a special meaning

The idiom "break someone's heart" means "to make someone very unhappy."

id • i • o • mat • ic / |idia ' mretik / adjective ( english language arts ) using language that contains natural expressions

She speaks fluent and idiomatic English. id • i • ot / ' idiat / noun [count]

a person who is stupid or does something silly I was an idiot to believe what he said. ► id • i • ot • ic / |idi ' atik / adjective

an idiotic mistake

i • dol / ' aidl/ noun [ count ]

a famous person that people love

Noah was a Giants fan, and Eli Manning was his idol.

( religion ) an object that people treat as a god

i • dol • ize / ' aidbaiz / verb ( i - dol - iz - es , i - dol - iz - ing , i - dol ized )

to love or admire someone very much or too much He has always idolized his uncle.

i.e. / |ai ' i / abbreviation

used in writing to mean "that is" or "in other words"

the basic necessities of life, i.e. food, water, and

somewhere to live

О / if / conjunction

1 a word that you use to say what is possible or true when

another thing happens or is true