positive identification

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   evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance

   “a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people”

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Questions about positive identification

What does positive identification mean?

positive identification means "evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance".

Is positive identification a common word?

positive identification is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.