i.e.

abbr. that is to say.
Etymology: L id est

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adverb

that is to say; in other words (Freq. 19)

• Syn: ↑ie, ↑id est

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1. Indo-European.

2. Industrial Engineer.

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i.e. UK [ˌaɪ ˈiː] US [ˌaɪ ˈi] abbreviation

Etymology

From the Latin expression id est meaning ‘that is’.

used when you are explaining exactly what you mean by something

Senior officers – i.e. anyone with the rank of colonel or above – get their own administrative staff.

Thesaurus: ways of explaining or clarifying_hyponym to make something easier to understand_synonym

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Namely and i.e. are both used to give more information about something that you have just mentioned.

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◊ 'namely'

You use namely to say exactly what you mean when you have just referred to something in a general or indirect way.

I shall now turn to the fourth factor, namely markets.

This virus was shown to be responsible for causing a very common illness, namely glandular fever.

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◊ 'i.e.'

You use i.e. when you are giving an explanation of a word or expression that you have just used.

You must be an amateur, i.e. someone who has never competed for prize money in athletics.

A good pass in French (i.e. at least grade B) is desirable.

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abbr. that is to say (used to add explanatory information or to state something in different words)

a walking boot that is synthetic, i.e., not leather or suede

Origin:

from Latin id est ‘that is’

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abbr

that is

— used to introduce something that explains a preceding statement more fully or exactly

The medicine needs be taken for a short period of time; i.e., three to five days.

◇ The abbreviation i.e. comes from the Latin phrase “id est,” which means “that is.”

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i.e. [ˌaɪ ˈiː] [ˌaɪ ˈiː] abbreviation

used to explain exactly what the previous thing that you have mentioned means (from Latin ‘ id est ’)

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the basic essentials of life, i.e. housing, food and water

 

Word Origin:

[i.e.] from Latin id est ‘that is’.  

Language Bank:

i.e.

Explaining what you mean

▪ Some poems are mnemonics,

i.e.

▪ they are designed to help you remember something.

▪ Some poems are mnemonics,

that is to say

▪, they are designed to help you remember something.

▪ Mnemonic poems,

that is

▪ poems designed to help you remember something, are an excellent way to learn lists.

▪ A limerick's rhyme scheme is A–A–B–B–A.

In other words

▪, the first, second, and fifth lines all rhyme with one another, while the third and fourth lines have their own rhyme.

▪ In this exercise the reader is encouraged to work out the meaning,

or rather

▪ the range of meanings, of the poem.

▪ This is a poem about death,

or, more precisely

▪, dying.

▪ He says his poems deal with ‘the big issues’,

by which he means

▪ love, loss, grief and death.

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