i.e.

Adverb

Meaning

that is to say; in other words

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

namely videlicet viz. that is scilicet for example that is to say in the event of ie id est

Examples

An accomplished mathematician, i.e. a most wretched orator. Isaac Barrow

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a Theatrical Show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that; i.e. all the Glory of it. John Adams

By an object, I mean anything that we can think, i.e. anything we can talk about. Charles Sanders Peirce

Islam contains the principle of the umma, i.e. a tendency towards the unification of all Muslims in a single community - religious, cultural and political. Islam is not a nationality, but it is the supranationality of this community. Alija Izetbegović

"Other Russia" is a workshop of picking out pick-locks to the real Russia. Have a read of their texts. Only one question is solved there - how to overthrow Putin's system, i.e. to leave all without the country. Gleb Pavlovsky

Frugality. Make no Expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e. Waste nothing. Benjamin Franklin

Close letter words and terms

I.C.S.R. I.D. i.e I.E.D. i.i.d. i.m.