1.  identification(n = noun.act) designation - the act of designating or identifying something; Array
is a kind of determination, finding
has particulars: diagnosing, diagnosis
Derived forms verb identify₅, verb identify₄, verb identify₂

2.  identification(n = noun.communication) Array - evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing; Array
is a kind of evidence
has particulars: ballistic fingerprinting, ballistic identification, bullet fingerprinting, biometric authentication, biometric identification, identity verification, imprint, positive identification, negative identification, facial profiling, fingerprint, linguistic profiling, profiling
Derived form verb identify₂

3.  identification(n = noun.state) Array - the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established; "the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest"; "identification of the gun was an important clue"
is a kind of condition, status
Derived forms verb identify₁, verb identify₂

4.  identification(n = noun.cognition) recognition - the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer"
is a kind of memory, remembering
has particulars: identity, speaker identification, talker identification
Derived form verb identify₁

5.  identification(n = noun.attribute) Array - the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons); Array
is a kind of identity, individuality, personal identity
Derived form verb identify₃

   The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified. [1913 Webster]

identification, n.
1 the act or an instance of identifying.
2 a means of identifying a person.
3 (attrib.) serving to identify (esp. the bearer) (identification card).

Idiom:
identification parade an assembly of persons from whom a suspect is to be identified.

N  identity, sameness, coincidence, coalescence, convertibility, equality, selfness, self, oneself, identification, monotony, tautology, facsimile, homoousia: alter ego, ipsissima verba, same, self, very, one and the same, very thing, actual thing, real McCoy, no other, one and only, in the flesh, identical, self, ilk, the same, selfsame, one and the same, homoousian, coincide, coalescent, coalescing, indistinguishable, one, equivalent, tweedle dee and tweedle dum, much the same, of a muchness, unaltered, identically, on all fours.

N  comparison, collation, contrast, identification, comparative estimate, relative estimate, relativity, simile, similitude, analogy (similarity), allegory, matching, pattern-matching, ratio, proportion (number), discrimination, indiscrimination, identification, comparative, metaphorical, compared with, comparable, judged by comparison, relatively, as compared with, comparisons are odious, comparisons are odorous, comparison, collation, contrast, identification, comparative estimate, relative estimate, relativity, simile, similitude, analogy (similarity), allegory, matching, pattern-matching, ratio, proportion (number), discrimination, indiscrimination, identification, comparative, metaphorical, compared with, comparable, judged by comparison, relatively, as compared with, comparisons are odious, comparisons are odorous.

N  identification, recognition, diagnosis, match, apperception, assimilation, dereplication, classification, memory, interpretation, cognizance (knowledge).

ballistic identification, bank identification number, biometric identification, demand for identification, identification number, identification particle, negative identification, personal identification number, positive identification, speaker identification, talker identification