i.e.

adv

i.e.

adv

UK, US /ˌaɪˈiː/

Etymology From Latin i. e., an abbreviation of id est (“that is”).

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Initialism That is, namely, in other words, that is to say.

  • While the final episode was made, the show itself was immediately cancelled after the penultimate episode i.e. the final episode never aired.
  • [N]o drunkard (i.e.) no Habituall, Impenitent drunkard, ſhall come into Gods Kingdome.1658, Thomas Hall, “[Chap. 3.] Verse 2. For men shall be lovers of themselves, Covetous, Boasters, Proud, Blasphemers, disobedient to Parents, unthankfull, unholy, &c.”, in A Practical and Polemical Commentary: Or, Exposition upon the Third and Fourth Chapters of the Latter Epistle of Saint Paul to Timothy. […], London: Printed by E. Tyler, for John Starkey, […], →OCLC, page [95]:
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  • As for word order, Lang Belta is an SVO language, i.e. subject-verb-object2021 October 5, Gessica Puccini, “Lang Belta: the Belter language from SYFY/Amazon’s The Expanse”, in Lingoblog:

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